kick start to open source
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Introduction to Open Source software and How to make revenue from Open Source Software.TRANSCRIPT
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Kick Start to Open SourceTharindu Dassanayake
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What is a Source?
Source refers to source code, the human readableversion of what makes a program run.
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Open Source
Free for use Pay for the maintenance and support
Closed Source
Pay for use Pay for the maintenance and support
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FREE means not the COST
Four Freedoms
0: The freedom to run the program, for any purpos1: The freedom to study how the program works, and adapt it to your needs 2: The freedom to redistribute copies so you can help your neighbour3. The freedom to improve the program, and release your improvements to the public, so that the whole community benefits.
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Pros and Cons
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Open Source
Pros
Larger Developer Support Customizable Extended Comunity Support
Cons No guarantee of updates
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Closed Source
Pros Less Confussion for Coustomers Unified Experience More Profitable
Cons Have to pay Can not Make customized changes to it
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Business Models for Open Source
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Donations It’s more typical of individuals or non-profit groups running an Open Source project. Implement a Paypal donations button on your main site. Run a Kicstarter or IndieGoGo campaign.
http://www.kickstarter.comhttp://www.indiegogo.com/
Companies sell product, and Beggars take donations
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Merchandise
More typical of individuals or non-profits. T-shirts, coffee mugs, squeezy toys and so on. Cafe Press to make and sell your merchandise.
http://www.cafepress.com
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Consulting and Training Work-for-hire is a simple and direct way to get money from your Open Source product. Different features, integration with their existing software. You can get paid at an hourly rate or at a fixed rate for delivery of the functionality.
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Product Ware
Software is free. You just buy the box it runs in.
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License Exemptions “Dual licensing” or “Commercial licensing”. First, you must have a restrictive license, and you must have copyright on all of the software. Second, you must have software that’s useful to third-party developers. AGPL is good for this for Web sites, and GPL is good for libraries or development tools.
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Software as a Service (SaaS)
Especially for software that can be used over the Internet (like a Web application), the software-as-a-service model can be really valuable.
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Control of Audience One great way to make money with Open Source software is to use it as a conduit for a proprietary service. Firefox; Mozilla derives tens of millions of dollars of annual revenue from their Open Source browser by selling the space as the default home page to Google.
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Find Your OwnBut..
You shouldn’t go into a new startup without at least thinking of all these options.
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