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Learner

Session Track

F/OSS Legal Issues

Open Source Business Models: Making Money By Giving It Away

Andrew and Lena will explore common ways in which commercial enterprises are leveraging open-source development and distribution to generate revenue including: support, maintenance, and consulting services; and dual, open-core, open platform, and "freemium" licensing. They will also provide examples of open-source project governance models used for commercialized open-source projects such as Android.