Free Software in this decade

Free Software in this decade

SUMMARY
* Opportunities
* Challenges
* Economics of Free Software
* Workflows
* Marginal costs
* Contributor community
* What it takes to be successful ?

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1. 1 Strikr Free Software 20 @strikrio foss@strikr.io meet.jit.si/strikr gitlab.com/strikr facebook.com/strikrIO strikr.io Choice Freedom Equality Free Software in this decade - Team Strikr.
2. Choice Freedom Equality 2 strikr.io Agenda • The story so far • Challenges • Opportunities • Economics of Free Software • Workflows • Marginal Costs • Contributor Community • What it takes to be successful ?
3. Choice Freedom Equality 3 strikr.io The story so far
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7. Choice Freedom Equality 7 strikr.io VMware Lawsuit • merely modifying technical details of a combination's construction does not typically influence the legal analysis in a combined or derivative work scenario. • ESXi 6.0.0 Open Source https://my.vmware.com/web/vmware/downloads/details?downloadGroup=ESXI 600_OSS&productId=491 • Lawsuit FAQ https://sfconservancy.org/copyleft-compliance/vmware-lawsuit-faq.html • Linux Broadcom Tigon tg3 driver static void tg3_remove_one(struct pci_dev *pdev); https://raw.githubusercontent.com/torvalds/linux/master/drivers/net/ethernet/br oadcom/tg3.c •
8. Choice Freedom Equality 8 strikr.io GPL violation • GPLv2§3(a–b) requires that complete corresponding machine-readable source code must accompany binary distributions such as these. • GPLv2§3 further states that for an executable work, complete source code means all the source code for all modules it contains
9. Choice Freedom Equality 9 strikr.io The Principles of Community-Oriented GPL Enforcement • in compliance work, initiating and continuing discussions in private demonstrates good faith • if the only penalty for violation is simply compliance with the original rules, bad actors will just wait for an enforcement action before even reading the GPL. • copyright holders should refuse any payment entirely until the distributor repairs the past violation and commits formally (in writing) to plans for future compliance • all of the relevant software should be examined to ensure any compliance problems, beyond those identified in initial reports and those relating to any clauses of the relevant licenses, are raised and fixed. • GPLv2 terminates all copyright permissions at the moment of violation, and that termination is permanent. • GPLv3's termination provision allows first-time violators automatic restoration of distribution rights when they correct the violation promptly, and gives the violator a precise list of copyright holders whose forgiveness it needs. https://www.fsf.org/licensing/enforcement-principles
10. Choice Freedom Equality 10 strikr.io GPL is not public domain, and that there are license conditions that are to be fulfilled.
11. Choice Freedom Equality 11 strikr.io Counter point Shane Curcuru OSCON 2015 https://youtu.be/3b2wp7j8jmU Proof by Analogy is fraud ! Neither phone plan nor marble is useful. The same morons drool over iPhone !
12. Choice Freedom Equality 12 strikr.io https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2001/05/micr-m08.html “Should an information-based economy protect the intellectual property assets that are driving its growth?” "There's free software and then there’s open source," he suggested, noting that Microsoft gives away its software in developing countries. With open source software, on the other hand, "there is this thing called the GPL, which we disagree with." Open source, he said, creates a license "so that nobody can ever improve the software," he claimed, bemoaning the squandered opportunity for jobs and business. He went back to the analogy of pharmaceuticals: "I think if you invent drugs, you should be able to charge for them," he said, adding with a shrug: "That may seem radical." 2001 2008 https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2008/04/bill-gates-the-gpl-which-we-disagree-with/
13. Choice Freedom Equality 13 strikr.io Linux copyright troll Patrick McHardy was part of the Netfilter core development team https://www.zdnet.com/article/linux-beats-internal-legal-threat/ https://opensource.com/article/17/8/patrick-mchardy-and-copyright-profiteering http://kroah.com/log/blog/2017/10/16/linux-kernel-community-enforcement-statement/
14. Choice Freedom Equality 14 strikr.io Copyleft is the practice of granting the right to freely distribute and modify intellectual property with the requirement that the same rights be preserved in derivative works created from that property. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copyleft
15. Choice Freedom Equality 15 strikr.io Dynamics • Rise of corporate front-ends aka Foundations • Rental model : from owner_ship to user_ship • Corporate “open and free” tactics • Open Core model • Information goods dynamics • Shift : Scarcity to Abundance of information goods • Media campaign against Public goods
16. Choice Freedom Equality 16 strikr.io How to be successful • AGPLv3 • Building a strong community • Sustained messaging and branding • Leveraging automation • Documentation to give you super powers • Onboarding new contributors • Success – Primacy – Process oriented – Packaging – Parity – Parternship – Professional services
17. 17 Strikr Free Software 20 @strikrio foss@strikr.io meet.jit.si/strikr gitlab.com/strikr facebook.com/strikrIO strikr.io Choice Freedom Equality ريتْك ًارْك ُ ش Gracias 谢谢 terima kasih 감사합니다 Köszönöm Спасибо Danke teşekkür ederim ありがとう Obrigado Dank je Ευχαριστώ Mulţumesc धन्यवाद tack så mycket Thank you
18. 18 Strikr Free Software 20 @strikrio foss@strikr.io meet.jit.si/strikr gitlab.com/strikr facebook.com/strikrIO strikr.io Choice Freedom Equality strikr.io