Open Source And Business

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 © Copyright - Brain League IP Services- 2007 All Rights Reserved

 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.

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Documentation and Security protocols Support © Copyright - Brain League IP Services- 2007 All Rights Reserved

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 © Copyright - Brain League IP Services- 2007 All Rights Reserved

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 © Copyright - Brain League IP Services- 2007 All Rights Reserved

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 © Copyright - Brain League IP Services- 2007 All Rights Reserved

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 © Copyright - Brain League IP Services- 2007 All Rights Reserved

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: [email protected] Ph: 91-80-41489502/4 Url: www.brainleague.com Blog: www.indianipinfo.blogspot.com

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