Non-software open source opportunities group f members

NON-SOFTWARE OPEN SOURCE OPPORTUNITIES

• Group F Members:

• Albin Louit*

• Chitra Madhwacharyula

• Koji Murao

• Mark Pearson*

• Mike Wooldridge

• * presenter

LICENSES

• Direct access to the source/content.

• Given away for free.

• Modification and extension encouraged.

• Decentralized development.

OUTLINE

• Examples

• Encyclopedias
• Journals

• Business strategies

OPEN SOURCE ENCYCLOPEDIAS

OPEN ACCESS JOURNALS

OTHER OPEN SOURCE OPPORTUNITIES

• Online educational material

• Environmental databases

• Legal documents

BUSINESS STRATEGIES 6 sources of funding for businesses using open source content

COMPLEMENTARY SERVICES

ADVERTISING Common method to raise funds for free content providers

• Common Web Examples:

• News sites (CNN)
• Search Engine
• Google AdSense

• Open source examples:

• Open-Access Journals

• Recent development:

• Wikipedia and Answers.com partnership

• Highly targeted advertising makes this method very efficient

THE AUTHOR PAYS

DONATIONS Source of funding for companies working for the public interest

• Private and corporate donations:

• $1 million to MIT OpenCourseWare
• $100 thousand during 1st quarter 2005 to Wikimedia

• Government funding:

REPURPOSING FREE CONTENT Present and future Wikimedia’s projects to raise funds

MERCHANDIZING

• 20% are added to the base price of the items.

• All proceeds go to the Wikimedia foundation

• Need to have a positive and trendy image

FUTURE TRENDS

• Network effects will help open content compete against closed content.

• Repurposing content will lose
• Businesses can incorporate open content to add value to their own contents.

• Targeted advertising will help effectively monetize content.

• Content will become commoditized

• Complementary services will be important.