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Wednesday, August 4 • 7:44am - 8:15am
OS Commercialisation and Revenue Generation in a Git Economy

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Why do some businesses want to change their licences to proprietary licences despite being apparently successful businesses using open source with thriving communities?

Amanda has spent a decade fascinated by the commercialisation of open source software, and over the last 18 months has researched the business of open source extensively to write a book chapter on commercial models and revenue generation in open source.

In this talk Amanda delves into the business of open source and clarifies what's been happening in licensing, the cloud and open source entrepreneurship.
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Amanda Brock

CEO, OpenUK
Amanda Brock is CEO of OpenUK, the UK organisation for the business of Open Technology in the UK – open source software, open hardware and open data - with a purpose of UK Leadership and International Collaboration in Open Technology.She's a Board Member of the Open Source Initiative... Read More →

Wednesday August 4, 2021 7:44am - 8:15am PDT
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