Innovation Happens Elsewhere: Open Source as Business Strategy (Hardcover)

Description:

It's a plain fact: regardless of how smart, creative, and innovative your organization is, there are more smart, creative, and innovative people outside your organization than inside. Open source offers the possibility of bringing more innovation into your business by building a creative community that reaches beyond the barriers of the business. The key is developing a web-driven community where new types of collaboration and creativity can flourish. Since 1998 Ron Goldman and Richard Gabriel have been helping groups at Sun Microsystems understand open source and advising them on how to build successful communities around open source projects. In this book the authors present lessons learned from their own experiences with open source, as well as those from other well-known projects such as Linux, Apache, and Mozilla.

 

 

Table of Contents:

Foreword by Chris Meyer, Monitor Group
Preface
Acknowledgements

1. Introduction
Open Source: A Different Way Of Doing Business
Innovation Happens Elsewhere
Jumping In
Understanding Open Source
Communities
Who This Book Is Intended For
Who Else This Book Is Intended For

2. Innovation Happens Elsewhere
Open Source Is A Commons
Can The Commons Make A Difference?
The Commons And Software
Open Versus Closed
Use Of The Commons: Creativity & Conversations
Innovation Happens Elsewhere

3. What Is Open Source?
Open Source In Brief
Philosophical Tenets Of Open Source
Open Source And Agile Methodologies
Common Open Source Myths, Misconceptions & Questions
Open Source And Community
The Secret Of Why Open Source Works
Variations On Open Source: Gated Communities And Internal Open Source
Open Source: Why Do They Do It?

4. Why Consider Open Source?
Business Reasons For Choosing To Open Source Your Code
Creating Your Business Model And Following Through With It
Measuring Success
An Example: The Innovation Happens Elsewhere Strategy
Business Reasons For Using Open Source Products

5. Licenses
What The License Does
What The License Does Not Do
More On Copyright
And A Quick Word On Patents
The Licenses
Dual Licensing
Supplementing The License—Contributor Agreements
Licenses For Documentation

6. How To Do Open Source Development
The Infrastructure Needed For An Open Source Project
Software Lifecycle
Building A Community
Ending An Open Source Project
Joining An Existing Open Source Project
Open Source Within A Company

7. Going With Open Source
Deciding To Do Open Source
How To Prepare To Do Open Source At Your Company
Getting Approval From Your Company
Problems You Can Expect To Encounter

8. How To Build Momentum
Marketing Your Project
Focus On Your Users And Contributors
Community Outreach
Harvesting Innovation
Welcome The Unexpected

9. What To Avoid—Known Problems And Failures
Not Understanding Open Source
Don't Needlessly Duplicate An Existing Effort
Licensing Issues
Design Issues
Code Issues
Trying To Control Too Much
Marketing Issues
Tension Between An Open Source Project And The Rest Of Your Company
Community Issues
Lack Of Resources
Recovering From Mistakes

10. Closing Thoughts

Appendix A: Resources
Further Reading
Websites Of Interest
Tools
Licenses

Appendix B: Licenses
Apache Software License
Artistic License
Berkeley Software Distribution (BSD)
FreeBSD Documentation License
GNU Free Documentation License (FDL)
GNU General Public License (GPL)
GNU Lesser General Public License (LGPL)
IBM Common Public License (CPL)
Microsoft Shared Source License For Windows CE .NET
MIT Or X License
Mozilla Public License (MPL)
Open Publication License
Sun Community Source License (SCSL)
Sun Industry Standards Source License (SISSL)
Sun Public Documentation License (PDL)

Appendix C: Contributor Agreements
Apache Contributor Agreement
Free Software Foundation Copyright Assignment Form
Mozilla Contributor Assignment
OpenOffice.Org Contributor Assignment
Project JXTA Contributor Assignment

Appendix D: Article From XML.Com

描述：
這是一個事實：無論你的組織有多聰明、有創意和創新，你組織外的人比組織內的人更聰明、有創意和創新。開源提供了將更多創新引入你的業務的可能性，通過建立一個超越業務障礙的創意社區。關鍵是發展一個以網絡為驅動的社區，新型的協作和創造力可以在其中蓬勃發展。自1998年以來，Ron Goldman和Richard Gabriel一直在幫助Sun Microsystems的團隊了解開源並就如何建立成功的開源項目社區提供建議。在這本書中，作者們介紹了他們在開源項目中的經驗教訓，以及來自Linux、Apache和Mozilla等其他知名項目的教訓。

目錄：
前言：Chris Meyer, Monitor Group
前言
致謝
1. 簡介
開源：一種不同的商業模式
創新發生在其他地方
加入
了解開源
社區
本書的目標讀者
其他目標讀者
2. 創新發生在其他地方
開源是一個共同體
共同體能帶來改變嗎？
共同體和軟體
開放與封閉
使用共同體：創造力和對話
創新發生在其他地方
3. 什麼是開源？
簡介開源
開源的哲學原則
開源和敏捷方法論
開源的常見迷思、誤解和問題
開源和社區
開源成功的秘訣
開源的變體：門控社區和內部開源
開源：他們為什麼這樣做？
4. 為什麼考慮開源？
選擇開源你的代碼的商業原因
創建你的商業模式並堅持下去
衡量成功
一個例子：創新發生在其他地方的策略
使用開源產品的商業原因
5. 許可證
許可證的作用
許可證的作用
更多關於版權
以及專利的一個快速說法
許可證
雙重許可
補充許可證-貢獻者協議
文件許可證
6. 如何進行開源開發
開源項目所需的基礎設施
軟體生命週期
建立社區
結束一個開源項目
加入現有的開源項目
公司內的開源
7. 選擇開源
決定進行開源
如何準備在公司進行開源
獲得公司批准
可能遇到的問題
8. 如何建立動力
推廣你的項目
關注用戶和貢獻者
社區外展
收穫創新
歡迎意外
9. 避免的問題和失敗
不了解開源
不要不必要地重複現有的努力
許可證問題
設計問題
代碼問題
試圖控制太多
市場問題
開源項目之間的緊張關係