NON-SOFTWARE OPEN SOURCE OPPORTUNITIES Group F Members: Albin Louit * Chitra Madhwacharyula Koji Murao Mark Pearson * Mike Wooldridge * presenter.
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NON-SOFTWARE OPEN NON-SOFTWARE OPEN SOURCE OPPORTUNITIESSOURCE OPPORTUNITIES
Group F Members:Group F Members:Albin LouitAlbin Louit**
Chitra MadhwacharyulaChitra MadhwacharyulaKoji MuraoKoji Murao
Mark PearsonMark Pearson**
Mike WooldridgeMike Wooldridge
** presenter presenter
LICENSESLICENSES
Direct access to the source/content.Direct access to the source/content. Given away for free.Given away for free. Modification and extension encouraged.Modification and extension encouraged. Decentralized development.Decentralized development.
GNU Free Documentation License (viral)GNU Free Documentation License (viral) Creative Commons LicensesCreative Commons Licenses
• Attribution, Non-commercial, No-derivates, …Attribution, Non-commercial, No-derivates, …
OPEN SOURCEOPEN SOURCE
OUTLINEOUTLINE
ExamplesExamples• EncyclopediasEncyclopedias• JournalsJournals
Business strategiesBusiness strategies• AdvertisingAdvertising• Repurposing contentRepurposing content• Complementary Complementary
ServicesServices
• Donations / Donations / government fundinggovernment funding
• Author paysAuthor pays• MerchandisingMerchandising
Future trendsFuture trends
OPEN SOURCE ENCYCLOPEDIASOPEN SOURCE ENCYCLOPEDIAS
License: GNU
Costs: mostly computers and bandwidth
Income: mostly donations currently
OPEN ACCESS JOURNALSOPEN ACCESS JOURNALS
License: Attribution required; otherwise varies
Costs: editors, computers, printing, peer review
Income: advertising, complementary services, grants, author fees
OTHER OPEN SOURCE OTHER OPEN SOURCE OPPORTUNITIESOPPORTUNITIES
Online educational materialOnline educational material
Environmental databasesEnvironmental databases
Legal documentsLegal documents
BUSINESS STRATEGIESBUSINESS STRATEGIES6 sources of funding for businesses using open source content6 sources of funding for businesses using open source content
Open Source Encyclopedia
Open-Access Journals
Advertising
Complementary services
Repurposing free content
Donations & Government
The author pays
Merchandising
Environmental Knowledge-Base
Legal Documents
Educational Materials
COMPLEMENTARY SERVICESCOMPLEMENTARY SERVICES
Open source content provider:Open source content provider:Ex: Biomed, open-access journalEx: Biomed, open-access journal• Career search services (Adsumo)Career search services (Adsumo)• Online document storage Online document storage
(Open Repository)(Open Repository)
33rdrd party service provider party service provider
Ex: AnalyGIS, repurpose census dataEx: AnalyGIS, repurpose census data• Demographic Analyser softwareDemographic Analyser software
ADVERTISINGADVERTISINGCommon method to raise funds for free content providersCommon method to raise funds for free content providers
Common Web Examples:Common Web Examples:• News sites (CNN)News sites (CNN)• Search EngineSearch Engine• Google AdSenseGoogle AdSense
Open source examples:Open source examples:• Open-Access JournalsOpen-Access Journals
Recent development:Recent development:
Wikipedia and Answers.comWikipedia and Answers.compartnershippartnership
Highly targeted advertising makes this method very Highly targeted advertising makes this method very efficientefficient
THE AUTHOR PAYSTHE AUTHOR PAYS
Open-access journals:Open-access journals:
Ex: Public Library of Ex: Public Library of Science:Science:
• $1,500 per accepted $1,500 per accepted articlearticle
• Cover the costs of peer Cover the costs of peer review, technical editing, review, technical editing, electronic distributionelectronic distribution
DONATIONSDONATIONSSource of funding for companies working for the public interestSource of funding for companies working for the public interest
Private and corporate donations:Private and corporate donations:• $1 million to MIT OpenCourseWare$1 million to MIT OpenCourseWare• $100 thousand during 1$100 thousand during 1stst quarter 2005 to Wikimedia quarter 2005 to Wikimedia
Government funding:Government funding:
•Wikibooks:Selling soft copies of books available on Wikibooks
• Wikipedia Version 1.0:CD or DVD offline version of a selection of the most comprehensive articles
Wikireaders:6 books for sale in Germany
(5-85€)
REPURPOSING FREE CONTENTREPURPOSING FREE CONTENTPresent and future Wikimedia’s projects to raise fundsPresent and future Wikimedia’s projects to raise funds
Present projects Future projects
MERCHANDIZINGMERCHANDIZING
20% are added to the base price of the items.20% are added to the base price of the items.All proceeds go to the Wikimedia foundation All proceeds go to the Wikimedia foundation
Need to have a positive and trendy imageNeed to have a positive and trendy image
FUTURE TRENDSFUTURE TRENDS
Network effects will help open content compete Network effects will help open content compete against closed content.against closed content.• Repurposing content will loseRepurposing content will lose• Businesses can incorporate open content to Businesses can incorporate open content to
add value to their own contents.add value to their own contents.
Targeted advertising will help effectively Targeted advertising will help effectively monetize content.monetize content.
Content will become commoditizedContent will become commoditized• Complementary services will be important.Complementary services will be important.
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