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Open Source Business Models - Dr. Karl Popp

Open Source Business Models - Dr. Karl Popp | Peer2Politics | Scoop.it

For a commercial company, Open Source Software is software that is licensed to that company under an open source license. The commercial company may make use of the open source, like usage or redistribution of the open source free of charge, but it also has to fulfill the obligations, like delivering a copy of the license text with the software. 

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Inside GitHub's Super-Lean Management Strategy--And How It Drives Innovation

Inside GitHub's Super-Lean Management Strategy--And How It Drives Innovation | Peer2Politics | Scoop.it

This is a story about how to run a company, but more specifically, how to run a company that embraces open-source culture--and how the seemingly counter-intuitive principles behind open-source culture seem to be good for GitHub, which is growing quickly, and also apparently just good for its product. And its marketing. And its hiring strategy. And its culture.

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Technology Trumps Dogma, And Other Open Source Insights - ReadWrite

Technology Trumps Dogma, And Other Open Source Insights - ReadWrite | Peer2Politics | Scoop.it

A few weeks back I asked Marten Mickos (@martenmickos), CEO of Eucalyptus Systems, to comment on the changing face of open source. He did, and with the usual Mickos style. Unfortunately, a whole lot of great commentary had to be cut for space reasons.

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Open Business Models: How to Thrive in the New Innovation Landscape: Henry Chesbrough: 9781422104279: Amazon.com: Books

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Open Systems and Open Architecture

An Open System is a modular construction that has been designed in such a way that its modules have precisely defined and publicly owned interfaces, where these interfaces allow independent suppliers to provide improved capability by providing innovative, plug-compatible modules.This modular structure, made from modules with open interfaces, is referred to as an Open Architecture. 
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Open Source Business Models - Dr. Karl Popp

Open Source Business Models - Dr. Karl Popp | Peer2Politics | Scoop.it

For a commercial company, Open Source Software is software that is licensed to that company under an open source license. The commercial company may make use of the open source, like usage or redistribution of the open source free of charge, but it also has to fulfill the obligations, like delivering a copy of the license text with the software. 

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Wanted: Innovative Sustainable Business Models :: Open Innovation Community

The Guardian website noted that the promise of business-model innovation has long captivated the sustainability field, generating plenty of hype. But all the talk has yet to yield many real business-model changes.
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