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Open source and business

By
Kalyan Chakravarthy Kankanala
Chief Knowledge Officer
Brain League IP Services

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Business
 Selling copies of open source
– Reliable
– Up to date
– Virus attack
 Customization services
 Training and implementation
 Contractual protection
– Indemnity
– Warranty
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 Use of OSS in business

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Business
 Commodity software and specialized software
 Models and Risks
– Toolkit software for programmers to develop other
programs;
– Company's internal operations;
– Incorporated into software products that are distributed
to customers or other third parties.
 Documentation and Security protocols
 Support
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Models

 OSMM - Open Source Maturity Model


 Navica
 CapGemini
 BRR - Business Readiness Rating

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OSMM - Navica
 Maturity level of OSS
 Three phases - Select, Assess and Integrate
 Support
 Documentation
 Training
 Product integration
 Professional services
 www.navicasoft.com

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BRR
 Score

 1-5
 1 - Unacceptable
 5- Excellent

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Phases

 Phase 1 – Quick Assessment


 Phase 2 – Target usage assessment and
Category weights
 Phase 3 – Data collection and processing
 Phase 4 – Data translation

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Quick Assessment
 Target usage
 Mission-Critical, Regular,
 Development, or Experimentation
 Viability indicators
 Licensing/Legal
 Approved License or Copyleft license
 Standards compliance
 Referenceable adopters
 Availability of a supporting or stable organization
 Implementation language
 Third-Party Reviews
 Books
 More internal viability indicators
 Policy of the passing criteria
 Assessment

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Target Usage - Categories
 Functionality
 Usability
 Quality
 Security
 Performance
 Scalability
 Architecture
 Support
 Documentation
 Adoption
 Community
 Professionalism
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Target Usage - Ranking

 Rank the 12 categories


 Select top 7 categories
 Assign Weighting factors - Total of 100
percent

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Data Collection and Processing

 Sub-categories
 Tailored Metrics
 Suggested standards

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Rating

 Average score on a scale of 5


 1 - Unacceptable
 2 - Poor
 3 - acceptable
 4 - Very good
 5 - Excellent

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Cases and Issues

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Progress v. MySQL AB
 Gemini software
 Distribution by Progress under License
violates GPL
 Denied injunction
 Dispute whether derivative work governed
by GPL
 Withdraw end user license
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Welte v. Fortinet UK Ltd.,
 UK Company held liable for violating GPL
 Modified its license to comply with GPL

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SCO Group, Inc. v. International
Business
 Machines Corp.,
 Bought Unix
 Fragments of Unix incorporated into kernel
of Linux
 Copyright violation on IMB
 Letters to Linux end user customers
 Redhat's suit
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OSS Model
 Business plan
 Protect
 Avoid violation
 Make the best of what is available

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Digital Rights Management
 Anti-circumvention laws
 Circumvention
 Trafficking
 Civil and Criminal Liability

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Cases
 DeCSS Case
 Lotus case
 Webfilter case

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Open source and DRM
 Implementation
 Circumvention

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Thank you.

Contact :

Kalyan C. Kankanala
Chief Knowledge Officer,
Brain League IP Services
Email: kalyan@brainleague.com
Ph: 91-80-41489502/4
Url: www.brainleague.com
Blog: www.indianipinfo.blogspot.com

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