Analyze and design Open Source business models, digital strategy, software licensing plans, and open source audits.
Who needs this course?
Entrepreneurs, project managers, lawyers, VCs and other business types who need to understand the business opportunities, legal risks, licensing strategies, and key terminology of Open Source Software (OSS).
What will I be able to do after studying this?
Make money with an Open Source strategy
Figure out when going Open Source is a better idea than selling proprietary software
Select the best Open Source license for a particular use-case
Know how and when an open source software audit may be required
What are some of the topics covered?
Why do developers contribute to Open Source?
How do companies generate sustainable revenue from open source software? What are the best business models?
How does open source software compete with proprietary software, and vice versa?
How have proprietary software vendors coopted open source software into their products without running into licensing challenges?
What are the main open source license categories? What are the most controversial licenses and why?
What are the risks in using or distributing open source software? How do you identify such risks?
What are the biggest open source projects? What led to their dominance?
...and much more!
Understand the three major categories of open source licenses and the diversity of license types
Understand the four main Open Source revenue models and when to apply them
Identify the business advantages of open source
I love helping entrepreneurs and project managers go from "idea" to "success"! I've been in the software industry for over 20 years. For the last 12 years I've been an entrepreneur in the software, energy, management consulting, and finance industries. I've created, grown, bought, and sold companies and ideas.Before then I spent 11 years with Shell (the energy company). In...
way to General... i expected more in depth knowledge on problems with individual OS licenses...
Content is on target, well organized, and clearly presented.
Excellent categorization; I learned a lot! I like how he gives the fallen companies that did not react to open source a moment of silence after he tells each one of their stories.
Very clear explanation, full of interesting concepts
The course is rather short comparing to others on Udemy. However, it seems that I have learned everything what I needed. I would recommend the course to anybody who is thinking about taking some code to users and considers using open source strategy. It does not take much time and you will definitely have clearer vision what implications open source can have on your work.
It is good if you explain about licenses then that will help oss audit teams
good and great
Udemy asks for a recommendation early on in the course, but I must say, so far, the material to be on-point, clear, and concise. I've done some work as a software project manager; the open-source community and how it works has been a bit of a mystery to me. The instructor, Wole, does a great job of shining light and providing insights on this subject. Looking forward to finishing it.
I am working in OSS compliance team. This course is much beneficial as it is providing me idea that how the business perspective is for using OSS. Looking forward to learn about the licensing terms and conflicts which was missing. The course could be made better with inclusion on license compatibility.
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Natallia
The course is pretty good – it covers mostly all intro information about open source. That is good