2. Agenda What is free? Free Software Licenses Role of Internet Players Commercialization approaches Statistics Misc 8/3/2009 2
3. Free as in freedom Freedoms to: run the program, for any purpose (freedom 0) study how the program works, and adapt it to your needs (freedom 1) redistribute copies so you can help your neighbour (freedom 2) improve the program, and release your improvements to the public, so that the whole community benefits (freedom 3) 8/3/2009 3
11. The Linux way Value addition Contributing upstream Technical support Training 8/3/2009 11
12. The eclipse way Develop & open source platform Use non-restrictive license Core commercial products based on platform License fee Training Support 8/3/2009 12
14. Web Servers market share 8/3/2009 Source: http://www.dwheeler.com/oss_fs_why.html 14
15. Web browsers: Usage share 8/3/2009 Source: http://www.thecounter.com/stats/ 15
16. Misc Revolution OS- http://video.google.ca/videoplay?docid=7707585592627775409 Why Open Source Software / Free Software (OSS/FS, FLOSS, or FOSS)? Look at the Numbers! -http://www.dwheeler.com/oss_fs_why.html The Cathedral and the Bazaar - http://www.catb.org/~esr/writings/cathedral-bazaar/cathedral-bazaar/index.html 8/3/2009 16