Community SUmmit: Legal & Licensing / FOSS Foundations Enable Community Growth / Stephen Walli
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The document discusses the role of foundations as non-profit entities that support community growth by providing legal structures and technical services. It emphasizes the importance of neutrality in encouraging contributions and the establishment of strong communities through participation and communication. Additionally, it highlights the significance of legal frameworks in managing contributions and the growth of successful projects.
Community SUmmit: Legal & Licensing / FOSS Foundations Enable Community Growth / Stephen Walli
- 1. FOSS Founda*ons Enable Community Growth Stephen R. Walli September 2011
- 2. What is a Founda*on? Founda8ons are non-‐profits* that provide: Legal Structure Business Opera8ons Technical Services * But they are s8ll businesses
- 3. Founda*ons * But they are s8ll businesses
- 5. Why does it ma?er? Neutrality encourages contribu8on Clean IP encourages adop8on Founda8ons act as community centre-‐of-‐gravity
- 6. Founda*on as Community Centre-‐of-‐Gravity
- 7. Crea*ng Strong Communi*es • Support an Architecture of Par8cipa8on • Make it easy to join the conversa8on • Support and grow commiPers • Support lines of communica8ons • Provide technical services (forges, code signing, etc.)
- 8. Neutrality Encourages Contribu*on (Inbound)
- 9. Neutrality and Ownership • Henrik Ingo sta8s8cs on founda8ons and project ac8vity (hPp://bit.ly/f3O34M)
- 10. Neutrality and Ownership • Successful Projects Grow and Evolve un8l … – Apache So[ware Founda8on – OSDL/Linux Founda8on – Eclipse Founda8on
- 11. Clean IP Encourages Adop*on (Outbound)
- 12. Legal Structures are Important • License (inbound/outbound) • Assignments and Contribu8on Licenses • Provenance tracking • Liability and risk management • CommiPer indemnifica8on
- 13. Ques*ons? Stephen R. Walli Technical Director, Outercurve Founda8on hPp://www.outercurve.org swalli@outercurve.org hPp://stephesblog.blogs.com (Once More unto the Breach) hPp://www.networkworld.com/community/walli @stephenrwalli