The Open Source Distributor Business Model

Open Source infrastructure deserves a business model

Open Source infrastructure is essential, invisible, and chronically underfunded. A more sustainable approach may be to connect the cost of running that infrastructure to the organizations that rely on it most.

A Call to Build Models Like We Build Open-Source Software

1  Introduction 2  A brief explanation of open-source software development 3  Community-developed and continually-improved models   3.1  Incremental and cheaply-communicable updates   3.2  Merging models   3.3  Vetting community contributions   3.4  Versioning and backward compatibility   3.5  Modularity and distribution 4  An example future 5  Conclusion

Open source is a restaurant

[[Chad Whitacre]] makes a great analogy around when/how software gets paid for, vs food. Open Source is a restaurant. At a restaurant, you eat your meal fir...

Dirk Riehle's Industry and Research Publications

Best of open source, inner source, and product strategy

Fueling Open Source with Vibes & Money

Economists think Open Source is a business model. Devs know better, and fund it accordingly.

Open Source Software and Corporate Influence — Andrew Lilley Brinker

Open source software projects are frequently enmeshed with the interests of corporations. We should update mental models of who works on open source accordingly, and build or modify power structures to be more resilient to corporate capture.

Open sourcing our server

We take the final step in our open source journey. Our clients had always been open source. Today, we are also releasing the source code for our servers.

Open Source Explained — Open Indie

Musings on the concept of ‘open source’, in the broadest possible definition of the term. Also an invitation to become a participant in ...

Open Source ERP and CRM | Odoo

From ERP to CRM, eCommerce and CMS. Download Odoo or use it in the cloud. Grow Your Business.

Some startups are going ‘fair source’ to avoid the pitfalls of open source licensing | TechCrunch

New alternative category to 'closed source' could help companies monetize software in the open -- without going all-in on open source.

Open Source Resistance

A direct-action manifesto for maintainers keeping open source alive on company time.

About | Open Source Ecology

The mission of Open Source Ecology (OSE) is to create the open source economy. An open source, libre economy is an efficient economy which increases innovation by open collaboration. To get there, OSE is currently developing a set of open source blueprints for the Global Village Construction Set (GVCS) – a set of the 50 most important machines that it takes for modern life to exist – everything from a tractor, to an oven, to a circuit maker.

From Open Source Software to Open Source Strategy

How the Smartest Executives Are Using Open Source Techniques to Optimize Corporate Strategy

Open Source is a cost-allocation system

Because the right to use the software is not tied to payment, the license does not connect the people who benefit, the people who decide, and the people who bear the costs. Projects have to build those connections deliberately through governance.

Open Source Beyond Licensing - The Evolution Ahead

Boris Mann's digital garden and personal site.