Topic outline

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  MSWL: Economic aspects

  • News and discussions forum
  • Exercises forum
  • Syllabus File
  • Slides: Presentation File
  • All materials for the course (including past editions) Folder
  • Activities in the grading plan
    
  • Summary of activities for evaluation Assignment
  • Activity: Business plan Assignment
  • Activity: Specific report Assignment
  • Activity: Others Assignment
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  Introduction and motivation

  • Slides
  • Slides: Introduction File
  • Slides: Introduction (some assignments) File
  • Videos
  • Yochai Benkler on the new open source economics URL
  • References
  • The New (Commercial) Open Source: Does it Really Improve Social Welfare? File

  
  
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  Impact on stakeholders and markets, strategic aspects

  • Slides
  • Slides: Economic impact File
  • Videos
  • Open for business: Building successful commerce around open source URL
  • References
  • The Economic Motivation of Open Source Software: Stakeholder Perspectives URL
  • Best practices for FLOSS adoption (FLOSS guide for SMEs) URL
  • FLOSS adoption models (FLOSS guide for SMEs) URL

  
  
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  Businesss models

  Before the session corresponding to this topic, please read the documents "The magic cauldron" and "FLOSS-based business models (FLOSS guide for SMEs)"
  
  

  • Slides
  • Slides: FLOSS business models File
  • Slides: FLOSS business models (some assignments) File
  • References
  • The magic cauldron URL
  • FLOSS-based business models (FLOSS guide for SMEs) URL
  • The rejuvenetion of community controlled open source URL
  • Lampitt on open core licensing URL
  • Relationships between open core, dual licensing and contributions URL
  • Open core is bad for you URL
  • OSI: A simple declaration about open core URL

  
  
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  Sustainability

  • Slides
  • Slides: Sustainability of software development File
  • Activities
  • Community controlled open source File
  • Case study: Oracle acquires Sun Microsystems File
  • References
  • The Economic Case for Open Source Foundations URL
  • Control Points and Steering Mechanisms in Open Source Software Projects URL

  
  
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  FLOSS and Open Innovation

  • Slides
  • Slides: Open Innovation and Free Software File
  • Slides: Open Innovation and Free Software (assignment) File
  • Videos
  • Charles Leadbeater on open innovation URL
  • References
  • References about Open Innovation File

  
  
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