AdaLabs UoM OSS 2012 Creating your Libre Ecosystem
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The document discusses principles for creating a sustainable open source software ecosystem. It outlines several key elements that are important for an ecosystem to thrive, including giving back to and sharing with the community through contributions, feedback, and issue reporting. It also emphasizes the importance of being fair and transparent to different types of users and contributors through accessible pricing and open access to source code and issue tracking systems. The overall message is that selfish or unfair practices will not support a long-term, profitable open ecosystem.
AdaLabs UoM OSS 2012 Creating your Libre Ecosystem
- 1. Creating your libre project ecosystem. David SAUVAGE Software Agile Architect CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 david.sauvage@adalabs.com University of Mauritius December 2012
- 2. We get the ecosystem we deserve ● Why a sustainable ecosystem ? ● Elements for your ecosystem ● Give and take ● Technical ● Be fair ● Financial ● Share ● Community ● Don't hide ● People Ecosystem principles Project entities 2
- 3. Why a sustainable ecosystem ? ● Any other ecosystem would be ● Unprofessional ● Unethical ● Not profitable in the long run Artwork credit - Patrice OFFMAN 3
- 4. Give and take > Technical ● As a start-up/company/individual/..., we are using external open technologies and COTS for your projects. ● Give feedbacks, write valuable bug reports. ● Propose patches, feature enhancements. Take only ≠ Open 4
- 5. Don't hide > Technical ● As a software vendor, your software are open source, but: ● There is no git access to your product ● There is no issue/feature management system ● Parts of your products/features are not available Hide ≠ Open 5
- 6. Be fair > Community ● As a software vendor, your software are open source, but: ● Latest version are not available ● Only obsolete/buggy version available Unfair ≠ Open 6
- 7. Be fair > Financial ● Individual ≠ Freelance ≠ Smart-up ≠ NGO ≠ Academic ≠ World wide company ● Adapt your prices ● Adapt your support Unfair ≠ Open 7
- 8. Give and take > Community ● As a company, you receive external contribution from your community ● How are they rewarded ? Take only ≠ Open 8
- 9. Share > People ● As a company, you receive energy from your employees ● How are they rewarded ? Take only ≠ Open 9
- 10. Ecosystem = Success key element ● Give and take ● Technical ● Be fair ● Financial ● Share ● Community ● Don't hide ● People ● <your inputs> ● <your inputs> Ecosystem principles Project entities 10
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