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Four Reasons To Pay Extra For Software Freedom
1. Four Reasons To
Pay Extra For Software Freedom
Open Source Trends and Directions
Simon Phipps
Director
The Open Source Initiative
http://www.webmink.com/
10. Software Freedoms
● Use
● Adoption-Led, Implement & Iterate
● Succeed – or fail - early
● Budget Control
● Study
● Access to experts
● Proven solutions
● Modify
● Rich marketplace
● Innovation freely possible
● Distribute
● To your ecosystem
● To every citizen
● Within web pages & devices
12. Premium Values
● No Licence Compliance Management
● Community Escrow
● Simple Ecosystems
● Adoption-Led Procurement
http://webmink.com/essays/value
13. No Licence Compliance
● Proprietary software applies licence terms to
end users (EULA)
● Software asset management is a major
business cost
● Open source licences have no end-user
limitations - Free software has no EULA
● Use that does not involve distribution to others
has no compliance requirements
● Key, under-recognised open source value
http://webmink.com/essays/compliance
14. Community Escrow
● If the vendor goes
away, the community
carries on
http://webmink.com/essays/escrow
15. Simple Ecosystems
● Every employee, every partner, every customer,
every citizen can freely use the same software
● Freely create extensions or custom distributions
● Software use for work-from-home
16. Adoption-Led Deployment
● Prototype and Iterate
● Afford To Fail
● Proceed When It Works
● Secure vendor support when you're ready
● Stay in control of what you spend, when you
spend and where you spend
http://blogs.sun.com/webmink/entry/the_adoption_led_market
17. Spec RFP Bids Pilot Production
Payments required
Vendors drive process
Procurement-Driven
Customers become Users
18. Prototype Iterations Pilot
Limited
roll-out
Production
Adoption-Led Model
Subscription 1
Hire expert
Subscription 2
Hire expert
Normal staff
Per solution, even per component:
● Hire the staff
● Buy the vendor subscription
● Spread the load to normal staff
First
vendor
contact?
http://blogs.sun.com/webmink/entry/the_adoption_led_market
19. Subscriptions
The Subscription covers:
● Service Level Agreement
● Making your implementor succeed
● Sustaining
● Keeping the product working as the environment
evolves
● Research & Development
● Ensuring the product delivers the functions needed
for the future
20.
21. Barriers To Value
● Procurement Policy
● Existing Lock-In
● Vendor denies
software freedom
● “Open Core”
● Single-party
community
● Dual licence
● Cloud
22. Specify Software Freedom
● It's OK to have a “jargon” token as long as
business value is meant
● All business values are the first or second
derivative of software freedom
● Treat open source as a defined term with a
referenced policy
23. Trapped By “Gratis”
● English meaning of
“Free”
● Cost-cutting history
● Undue focus on price
24. If we didn't know better
we would pay extra
for open source software