Innovation happens elsewhere : open source as business strategy / Ron Goldman, Richard P. Gabriel.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Goldman, Ron, 1952-

Contributor:

Gabriel, Richard P.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Open source software.

Business--Computer programs.

Business.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (427 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam ; Boston : Morgan Kaufmann, c2005.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

It's a plain fact: regardless of how smart, creative, and innovative your organization is, there are more smart, creative, and innovative people outside your organization than inside. Open source offers the possibility of bringing more innovation into your business by building a creative community that reaches beyond the barriers of the business. The key is developing a web-driven community where new types of collaboration and creativity can flourish. Since 1998 Ron Goldman and Richard Gabriel have been helping groups at Sun Microsystems understand open source and advising them on how to build

Contents:

Front Cover; Innovation Happens Elsewhere: Open Source as Business Strategy; Copyright Page; Contents; Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgments; Chapter 1. Introduction; Open Source: A Different Way of Doing Business; Innovation Happens Elsewhere; Jumping In; Understanding Open Source; Communities; Who This Book Is Intended For; Open Source as Business Strategy; Chapter 2. Innovation Happens Elsewhere; Open Source Is a Commons; Can the Commons Make a Difference?; The Commons and Software; Open versus Closed; Use of the Commons: Creativity and Conversations; Innovation Happens Elsewhere

Chapter 3. What Is Open Source?Open Source in Brief; Philosophical Tenets of Open Source; Open Source and Agile Methodologies; Common Open-Source Myths, Misconceptions, and Questions; Open Source and Community; The Secret of Why Open Source Works; Variations on Open Source: Gated Communities and Internal Open Source; Open Source: Why Do They Do It?; What Is Open Source?; Chapter 4. Why Consider Open Source?; Business Reasons for Choosing to Open Source Your Code; Creating Your Business Model and Following Through with It; Measuring Success; An Example: The Innovation Happens Hsewhere Strategy

Business Reasons for Using Open-Source ProductsWhy Consider Open Source?; Chapter 5. Licenses; What a License Does; What a License Does Not Do; More on Copyright ...; ... And a Quick Word on Patents; The Licenses; Dual Licensing; Supplementing the License-Contributor Agreements; Licenses for Documentation; Licenses; Chapter 6. How To Do Open-Source Development; The Infrastructure Needed for an Open-Source Project; Software Life Cycle; Building a Community; Ending an Open-Source Project; Joining an Existing Open-Source Project; Open Source within a Company; How to Do Open-Source Development

Chapter 7. Going with Open SourceDeciding to Do Open Source; How to Prepare to Do Open Source at Your Company; Getting Approval from Your Company; Problems You Can Expect to Encounter; Going with Open Source; Chapter 8. How To Build Momentum; Marketing Your Project; Focus on Your Users and Contributors; Community Outreach; Harvesting Innovation; Welcome the Unexpected; Chapter 9. What To Avoid-Known Problems and Failures; Not Understanding Open Source; Don't Needlessly Duplicate an Existing Effort; Licensing Issues; Design Issues; Code Issues; Trying to Control Too Much; Marketing Issues

Tension between an Open-Source Project and the Rest of Your CompanyCommunity Issues; Lack of Resources; Recovering from Mistakes; Chapter 10. Closing Thoughts; Appendix A. Resources; Further Reading; Websites of Interest; Tools; Licenses; Appendix B. Licenses; Apache Software License; Artistic License; Berkeley Software Distribution (BSD); FreeBSD Documentation License; GNU Free Documentation License (FDL); GNU General Public License (GPL); GNU Lesser General Public License (LGPL); IBM Common Public License (CPL); Microsoft Shared Source License for CLI, C# and JScript

Microsoft Shared Source License for Windows CE.Net

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 383-385) and index.

ISBN:

9786611078195

9781281078193

1281078190

9780080534671

0080534678

9781435608474

143560847X

OCLC:

437191610