NON-SOFTWARE OPEN SOURCE OPPORTUNITIES Group F Members: Albin Louit * Chitra Madhwacharyula Koji Murao Mark Pearson * Mike Wooldridge * presenter.

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.