The Zen of Free [Part 1.5]
\[Sun Tech Day 2\]
The Philosophy behind Open Source
Simon Phipps
Chief Open Source Officer
Topology of society has changed from Hub & Spoke to Mesh
Structure of society has changed and the Internet is turning society into a participation mesh
Consumers becoming participants (theyworkforyou.com)
Software Developement
- Closed Room
- Open Room
- Open source is software developement in a participation society - connected capitalism.
Virtuous cycle of open source
- Freedom to create derived works
- Anyone can check code out
- Few can check it back in
Software 3.0
- Software mashups
- Debian Ubuntu with OpenSolaris kernel - provides dtrace and ZFS to Ubuntu
Licences
- CDDL for OpenSolaris
- GPL for Java
Riches if
- Collaborate
- Compete
- Contribute
Open Source will be dominent by the end of the decade !