“How do you make money selling software that is free?“ A valid question and one that is asked even from people who are in the open source community. The point of open source is to share and collaborate so how can you make sure your efforts benefit the greater open source community while still growing your business? There are several different models that businesses can leverage to profit from open source software including offering expertise as a supporter of popular open source projects to creating your own open source project to fit your business needs. This presentation will focus on how we created Bootleaf-OGC, an open source project, out of Bootleaf which in turn was based on two other open source projects (Bootstrap and Leaflet). We will discuss our decision making process for choosing the Bootleaf project to replace the current interface on our mapFeeder product, where the project is located on git-hub so attendees can download it, and our decision on what enhancements to give back to the project. We will also discuss our roadmap for moving forward with this project and other business decisions we are making around open source software. Attendees will come away from this presentation with information about open source business models, entrepreneurship, and knowledge of a new open source mapping application project they can utilize and contribute to.
Giving Away the Code Without Giving Away the Farm: A Business Model for Open Source Entrepreneurs—Blaine Hackett […]
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