The industry seems to be moving away from pure open source businesses. WSO2 is going the opposite direction, maintaining a strong commitment to open sourcing our products and open sourcing even more of our IP, building communities, making expertise available to our customers, and bringing transparency to our business culture and operations. This session explains why we believe our strategy of openness is fundamental to the success of WSO2 and our customers.
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Disaggregation Business Factors
IP Transparency
- Open source licensing
- License standardization
Governance
Transparency
- Open governance model
- Public roadmap input
Operational
Transparency
- Collaborative models
- Fair business terms
Ecosystem
Broad skills availability - Technology ecosystem - Services ecosystem
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COPYLEFT
Derivatives must use the
same license
Preserves the original
creator’s access to
improvements & derivatives
Prime example: GPL
Open Source Licensing
PERMISSIVE
Derivatives may use
different license
Preserves the freedom of
those building derivatives to
apply different license terms
Prime example: Apache 2.0
6. Open Source Business Models
Open Core
● The whole code is open
● Subscription business model
ensures ongoing value
● Creates an open ecosystem
● Community edition is free
● Enterprise edition is traditional
proprietary license
● Lock-in
Open Source
7. From vendor lock-in
Examine the source code
(and make changes if
necessary)
Open discussion and
roadmaps
Why Open Source?
Open source is more than just open code
Freedom
Velocity
of Innovation
Faster time to market
Enhance the product
with partners
Get the best of the Open
Source ecosystem
Variety of connectors,
authenticators and
federation targets
Integration with multiple
systems and applications
Broad Ecosystem of
collaborators
Community Governance
Shared Governance
Many eyes on code
Open implementations of
Open Standards
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Open Source Governance
Apache Way:
● Demonstrated success at over 100 ASF projects
● Self-perpetuating model emphasizing public good
● Scalable
● Diverse community participation
● Decisions made by consensus of “committers”
● New committers admitted based solely on merit and
demonstrated commitment (not mere affiliation)
● CLA ensures contributions are free of known IP encumbrances
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• VALUE: Enterprises need more than software. Enterprises need expertise,
efficiency of deployment and operations, reliability, security, agility, and
alignment with business goals.
• ECONOMIES OF SCALE: Costs of providing services are spread between
all customers to keep costs reasonable, while still funding R&D.
• EFFICIENCY: WSO2 leverages open source’s demonstrated efficiency in
nurturing innovation, attracting users, encouraging adoption, and
engaging global talent.
WSO2’s Open Source Recipe for Success