Open Source Software: Governance Makes the Difference. Cédric Thomas, OW2 NetFutures, March 25, 2015, Brussels Open Source Workshop

Open Source Software:

Governance Makes the Difference

Cédric Thomas, OW2

NetFutures, March 25, 2015, Brussels Open Source Workshop

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Agenda

Proactive OSS Strategy Governance

Community Governance Governance in Action Summary

OSS Defined

OSS is a stretegic driver

Today's innovation is collaborative

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0> The freedom to run the software

for any purpose

0> The freedom to run the software

for any purpose

1> The freedom to study how the

software works and to adapt it to

your needs

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0> The freedom to run the software

for any purpose

1> The freedom to study how the

software works and to adapt it to

your needs

2> The freedom to redistribute

copies of the software

0> The freedom to run the software

for any purpose

1> The freedom to study how the

software works and to adapt it to

your needs

2> The freedom to redistribute

copies of the software

3> The freedom to improve the

software and distribute your

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Private, Integrated

platform

Business powered by open source

12 Cedric Thomas Private, Integrated platform Open Source Commons Business powered by open source Ecosystem-based innovation Android Chrome Bootstrap Kafka Open Compute Future Internet hadoop

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Project Size Market

Readiness

Ubuntu, Xen, ASM, VLC, Tomcat, Bonita

Contrail Open Nebula

Linux, OpenStack, LibreOffice, Talend Open Studio, Gnome, KVM,

SpagoBI, Firefox, Eclipse, etc.

Genivi OpenDaylight OpenCloudware

Project Size Market

Readiness

Ubuntu, Xen, ASM, VLC, Tomcat, Bonita

- Strong Community Support - Start-up & Corporate Support - Industry-grade Distributions

Contrail Open Nebula

- Weak Community

- Limited Corporate Support

Linux, OpenStack, LibreOffice, Talend Open Studio, Gnome, KVM,

SpagoBI, Firefox, Eclipse, etc.

- Community Maturity

- Governance by Non-Profit Org. - Full Corporate Support

- Industry-grade Distributions

Genivi OpenDaylight OpenCloudware

- Fledgeling Community

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Successful open source

projects are supported

by IT companies.

Corporate support ensures roadmap consistency and long-term

sustainability.

Corporate support develops industry-grade distributions and market-ready offerings.

Corporate support helps grow market outreach, sign-up early

adopters and provide use cases for mainstream market.

Successful projects

implement flawless open

source governance.

Open source governance best practices help build sustainable communities.

Code complementers more likely to contribute to trustworthy OSS

projects.

Non-Profit open source

organizations provide neutral support and sustainability.

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Collab. Project Deliverable

Software Market Expectations POCs Use-cases Demonstrations Code Documentation Roadmap Upgrades Bug-fixing Training Support Packaging Case studies Collateral Pricing Contracts Early adopters Etc. Governance Sustainability

Critical mass Open Source Specifics

Delivery Challenge

Enforce OSS Governance

Develop technology commons Engage with EU OSS orgs. Create business opportunities Launch OSS marketplace

Proactive

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IT Industry

Collab.

Projects Delivery MainstreamMarket

Enforce Open Source

Governance

→ Proper OSS governance as a project evaluation criteria

→ Add OSS Manager to Exploitation and Innovation managers

→ Require OSS projects to join and comply with OSS communities.

IT Industry

OSS Governance Collab.

Pay to develop

technology commons

→ Establish financial support for project contributors

→ Develop market-ready technology commons

→ Implement selection process of high-potential OSS projects

IT Industry

OSS

Governance Technologycommons Collab.

Engage with

EU-based OSS

communities

→ Support global EU-centric communities, OW2, LibreOffice, etc.

→ Involve them in existing EU

industry engagement mechanisms → Create incentives for industry to support global EU-centric

communities, OW2, LibreOffice, etc

IT Industry

OSS

Governance Technologycommons SupportOSS Collab.

Create OSS business

opportunities.

→ Use EC IT buying power to grow OSS market attractiveness → Develop user-side policy

guidelines supporting OSS

→ Help grow commercial support for OSS technology commons

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IT Industry

OSS

Governance Technologycommons SupportOSS OpportunitesBusiness Collab.

Launch the EU OSS

shopping mall

→ Marketplace for selected open source technology commons. → Facilitate connexion between projects and market

→ Technology commons are ''pre-competition''

IT Industry

OSS

Governance Technologycommons SupportOSS OpportunitesBusiness MarketplaceOSS Collab.

Launch the EU OSS shopping mall

IT Industry

OSS

Governance Technologycommons SupportOSS OpportunitesBusiness MarketplaceOSS Collab.

Projects MainstreamMarket

Create business opportunities Engage with EU OSS organizations Pay to develop technology commons Enforce OSS governance

Any body can do an OSS project Communities vs Repositories Governance vs Licence Why governance Governance styles

Governance

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Anybody can create an

open source project

GitHub: 5 900 000* SourceForge: 430 000* OpenHub: 668 541* * http://magazine.uc.edu/favorites/web-only/wanstrath.html * http://sourceforge.net/about * https://www.openhub.net/explore/projects * http://fr.slideshare.net/blackducksoftware/open-source-by-the-numbers

Communities vs

Repositories

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Governance vs License

Legal framework

Grants people rights to use the code

Reflects a business strategy Governance

Social framework

Defines how people collaborate Reflects an organization strategy

License = 0 Governance = 0

Governance vs License

Legal framework

Grants people rights to use the code

Reflects a business strategy Governance

Social framework

Defines how people collaborate Reflects an organization strategy

License = 0 Governance = 0

License = 1 Governance = 0

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Governance vs License

Legal framework

Grants people rights to use the code

Reflects a business strategy Governance

Social framework

Defines how people collaborate Reflects an organization strategy

License = 0 Governance = 0 License = 1 Governance = 0 License = 1 Governance = 1

When governance is

needed

Size of the community Increasing conflicts Extensive resources Commercial interest

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Governance styles

Communities have governance Why implement governance Governance styles

Community

Governance

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Governance elements Community building plan

Technical Licensing Framework Open source charter

Advisory Board

Governance benefits

Governance

In Action

Governance elements

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Community Building

Stages

Technical Licensing

Framework

Component license inventory, positioning and linkage

Core Platform, Project deliverable Applications, Demos, Use cases Third Party Tooling

Execution, Processing environment

Applications

Core

Tools

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The AppHub open source

charter

Project documentation

Use of and compliance with standards Project testing process

Licenses, copyright and IP mgt

Tools and development environment Commits and bug report mgt

Code maintainability and stability Configuration and version mgt Project planning

Requirement management

Project roadmap management Stakeholders management

The AppHub Advisory

Board

Theo Lynn (Irish Centre for Cloud Computing & Commerce)

Lars Kurth (Xen)

Sophie Gautier (LibreOffice) Roberto di Cosmo (IRILL) Patrick Ohnewein (FSFe) Wei-Tek Tsai (BUAA)

Francesco Chicchiricco (Apache Coccon, Syncope, Olingo)

Manuel Velardo (Cenatic) Dave Neary (Red Hat)

Nelson Lago (Uni Sao Paolo

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A good OSS governance

strives at implementing

legal, technical and

community management

best practices

Improves the overall perception and

market readiness of the projects

Helps projects grow by making them

easy-to-contribute-to

Improve projects' perceived

trustworthiness and predictability

Make projects sustainable: worth contributing to, worth investing in

What you should remember

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Governance makes the

difference

Repositories are no communities, open source licenses are no governance

Well structured and experienced

communities drive open source success Governance helps projects grow by making them easy-to-contribute-to

Now let's talk!

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