The Business of Open Source

By Dr. Kalyan Kankanala

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Copyright Based

Simple Statistics
Empirical Studies - 90 percent usage

In reality - Estimated to be 100 percent

Mixed Code

Principles
Source Code

Distribution Modification Attribution License

Types

Based on extent of Copyleft

Viral

Restrictive

Flexible

Type

Example Rights

Source Code

Integration with proprietary code Governed by original license

Attribution

Viral

GPL

Copy, modify, distribute

Publish both original and modified Publish both original and modified** Need not publish

Yes

Restrictive

MPL

Copy, modify, distribute

Proprietary code governed by license of choice License of choice

Yes

Flexible

BSD

Copy, modify, distribute

Yes

Enforcement
Community
GPL Compliance Lab Software Freedom Conservancy

Judicial
Software Freedom Law Centre RedHat Jacobson

Quasi-Judicial

Risk Mitigation
Internal Patent Risks OSS Compliance Integrating legal analysis Insurance

External

Third Party Software

Other Open Source Models

Creative Commons

OSBM

OSDD

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