Everyone is, at least, Open Core

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Everyone is, at least, Open Core J. Manrique López CEO at Bitergia @jsmanrique @Bitergia

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Commercial Open Source Software Company Index 45 - 50 Companies 70K Employees $18B Revenue Source: coss.media

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How much do they depend on the maintainers? Data obtained with: cauldron.io ~ 4K Active maintainers per month ~30K maintainers over the last 3 years

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Top 50 maintainers activity over the last 5 years Mostly bots! This is a “human”! Data obtained with: cauldron.io Don’t bother him on Thursdays! He is one of the speakers in this conference!

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People are the limited resources in Open Source Software Ecosystems

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Open Source Software Ecosystem (OSSE)?

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Release Organizations release OSS to attract talent, to drive awareness, to improve their tech stack, etc. 2 Consume Organizations use OSS to build their tech stack 1 Contribute Organizations participate in OSS projects to drive them, to retain talent, to increase their tech footprint, etc. 3 Organizations & their OSSE

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Every organization is part of an Open Source Ecosystem … … so, every organization is an Open Core Organization

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Consuming & contributing open source software without care can be funny but risky

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Legal - People - Engineering

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You are not alone ... openchainproject.org todogroup.org chaoss.community Source: coss.media

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Take care of your ecosystem Take care of your ecosystem …

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Open Source Program Office

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Money, money, money … Funding projects is an option, but … Be aware of tip jars!

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Practice “The way of the Maintainer” “Active” users Submitting issues Asking questions Contributors Solving issues Answering questions Sending patches Maintainers Reviewing & accepting patches Coding in main branch Roadmap governance Source: coss.media

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Avoid the “Not invented here” syndrome! There might be companies and individuals providing consulting, customization, and/or support services on open source projects… To hire is also an option!

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Final remarks Every organization is becoming an open source / core organization Organization’s success might depend on its Open Source Software Ecosystem health / wealth Take care of your Open Source Software Ecosystem There is only one way. The Way of the Maintainer Create sustainable wealth for your ecosystem

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Thank You jsmanrique@bitergia.com Slides at speakerdeck.com/bitergia