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Open source projects, products, people and licensing.

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1. The Incredibly Fine Balance between Open Source Projects & Open Source Products Harish Pillay Head, Community Architecture and Leadership @harishpillay • hpillay@redhat.com • h.pillay@ieee.org
2. What is an Open Source Project?
3. • Idealism to solve a problem Some characteristics of a Project
4. • Idealism to solve a problem • No constraints – should it have a product roadmap? Some characteristics of a Project
5. • Idealism to solve a problem • No constraints – should it have a product roadmap? • No pain, no gain Some characteristics of a Project
6. • Idealism to solve a problem • No constraints – should it have a product roadmap? • No pain, no gain • Ask forgiveness, not permission Some characteristics of a Project
7. • Idealism to solve a problem • No constraints – should it have a product roadmap? • No pain, no gain • Ask forgiveness, not permission • Permissionless innovation Some characteristics of a Project
8. • Idealism to solve a problem • No constraints – should it have a product roadmap? • No pain, no gain • Ask forgiveness, not permission • Permissionless innovation • Risk taking – no Product Requirements Document Some characteristics of a Project
9. • Idealism to solve a problem • No constraints – should it have a product roadmap? • No pain, no gain • Ask forgiveness, not permission • Permissionless innovation • Risk taking – no Product Requirements Document • Fail fast, fail early – learn, grow and evolve Some characteristics of a Project
10. What is an Open Source Product?
11. Characteristics of Products • Reduce risk – both yours and your customers
12. Characteristics of Products • Reduce risk – both yours and your customers • Constrained in that it needs to meet the customer requirements
13. Characteristics of Products • Reduce risk – both yours and your customers • Constrained in that it needs to meet the customer requirements • UX/UI finesse
14. Characteristics of Products • Reduce risk – both yours and your customers • Constrained in that it needs to meet the customer requirements • UX/UI finesse • Scalability is important: how would you help the evolution of the product?
15. Characteristics of Products • Reduce risk – both yours and your customers • Constrained in that it needs to meet the customer requirements • UX/UI finesse • Scalability is important: how would you help the evolution of the product? • Branding: project name <> product name
16. Projects and Products Need People
17. What about People • Project people have a different motivations compared with Product people
18. What about People • Project people have a different motivations compared with Product people • The motivations of being in a project team is significantly different than being a product team
19. What about People • Project people have a different motivations compared with Product people • The motivations of being in a project team is significantly different than being a product team • There may be overlaps, but it is few and far between
20. What about Licensing? • Licensing lays the ground rules of how the community can collaborate – sort of a “constitution”
21. What about Licensing? • Licensing lays the ground rules of how the community can collaborate – sort of a “constitution” • It states the expectations, rules of engagement of all involved in the project
22. • Licensing lays the ground rules of how the community can collaborate – sort of a “constitution” • It states the expectations, rules of engagement of all involved in the project • Can a project not have a license? What about Licensing?
23. • Licensing lays the ground rules of how the community can collaborate – sort of a “constitution” • It states the expectations, rules of engagement of all involved in the project • Can a project not have a license? - You could, but not advisable What about Licensing?
24. Source Code License Community Free and Open Source Software
27. Comments? Harish Pillay hpillay@redhat.com h.pillay@ieee.org @harishpillay, 9V1HP Open Unlocks The World’s Potential Photo taken 22 Oct 2018 at Red Hat Singapore pantry