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Building a Commercial Model Around Open Source Making money from freely available software.WHAT MODELS EXISTSupport and maintenance contracts... Contributing to Open Source Projects Participating rather than only consuming.WHY CONTRIBUTEFixes you need get into the project and... Establishing an Open Source Policy Governing use in an organisation.WHY ONE IS NEEDEDDecisions made individually produce... Maintaining an Open Source Project Running it after release.WHAT MAINTENANCE INVOLVESResponding to issues Reviewing contributions... Managing Community People around the project.WHY IT MATTERSAdoption and contribution depend on whether participation... Managing Contribution as a Business Employees working on open source.WHY IT NEEDS A POSITIONEmployee contributions raise questions of... Managing Security in Open Source Dependencies Vulnerabilities in what you use.WHY IT MATTERSMost software is largely composed of components you... Meeting Licence Obligations Complying when you distribute.WHAT MOST LICENCES REQUIRE ON DISTRIBUTIONIncluding the licence... Open Source Software: Everything That Matters, Briefly The whole category in one page.OPEN SOURCE IS LICENSED, NOT UNOWNED — USE IS PERMITTED ON THE... Releasing Your Own Software as Open Source Publishing what you built.WHY BUSINESSES DO ITAttracting contributors and users Establishing a... Selecting Open Source Components Choosing what to depend on.WHAT TO ASSESSWhether it does what you need Whether it is maintained... Supporting Open Source in Production Running it reliably.WHAT DIFFERS FROM COMMERCIAL SOFTWARENo vendor obligation to help No... Tracking What You Use Knowing your dependencies.WHY IT MATTERSYou cannot meet obligations or respond to vulnerabilities... Understanding Open Source What it means.WHAT OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARE ISSoftware distributed with its source code, under a... Understanding Open Source Licences What the terms actually require.WHY IT MATTERSLicence obligations attach to distribution and... Understanding Open Source Risks What can go wrong.WHAT THE RISKS ARELicence non-compliance Vulnerabilities in dependencies... Using Open Source in Client Work Building for others.WHY IT NEEDS CAREObligations may pass to your client, and they may not accept...
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