Comments on: Links on Open Sourcing?

By: stephan

stephan — Mon, 19 May 2008 04:52:56 +0000

@french_c: Thanks, I’ll do that, good idea.

By: french_c

french_c — Sun, 18 May 2008 20:46:51 +0000

Well, maybe Sun and Java is a good example then. You might want to talk to Dalibor Topic. He has been an interesting resource in that regard. (Just in case you don’t know Dalibor: OSS advocate, kaffee maintainer, GNU Classpath participant, member OpenJDK interim governing board and just recently Java F/OSS Ambassador at Sun, http://robilad.livejournal.com/30463.html)

By: stephan

stephan — Tue, 13 May 2008 20:25:35 +0000

Ah good idea, thanks, I’ll take a look.

By: Asgeir S. Nilsen

Asgeir S. Nilsen — Tue, 13 May 2008 20:24:16 +0000

Right,

In that case you might want to look at the Apache Software Foundation’s incubation process. The Eclipse Software Foundation has a similar process. They are both designed to handle many of the legal and practical issues of open sourcing an existing code base.

Asgeir

By: stephan

stephan — Tue, 13 May 2008 19:42:51 +0000

Thanks for your comment.

I meant the process of Open Sourcing applications which have been closed source until now. I know about code auditing, laws, community building, running open source projects and open source licenses (at least GPL, AGPL, LGPL, Apache, BSD, MIT, CC). Those are the obvious things.

What I would like to learn more is about the process of open sourcing. Which steps when? What steps? Experiences? etc.

By: Asgeir S. Nilsen

Asgeir S. Nilsen — Tue, 13 May 2008 19:30:16 +0000

Which part of the “open sourcing” aspect are you going to focus on?

How to make a successful open source project?

The legal implications of an open source license?

How do I apply an open source license to my code?

I’d suggest reading “Open Sources”. Furthermore, the FSF (and probably other licenses too) have a licensing FAQ answering many questions.

Asgeir