Opensource Initiatives

We help corporations wishing to participate in traditional opensource. Below are some example scenarios we have expertise with.

Donation of code to an existing community.
Creation of a new community managed by your firm.
Sponsoring existing opensource project.
Hiring key project members.
Corporate cultural adaptation training.

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Community Initiatives

Helping firms harness opensource ethos to add value to their proprietary product offerings is our speciality.

Creating an open community around an extensible product.
Opening of the edges of a commercial core.
Fostering local user and support groups.

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Latest Crossings™

EuroOSCon: Amsterdam, October 17-20

Opensource Conference in Europe

June 24, 2005

Community Co-creation

Developing in the open can provide benefits beyond the value of the intellectual property.

June 07, 2005

Market-Makers, Supplier Communities, and Micro-Economies

Maybe the middle-man isn't so bad.

April 16, 2005

Creative Commons for Code

The Creative Commons Open Licenses are very popular for content creators. I predict we will see a lot of opensource code licensed in this manner, and it makes sense!

April 14, 2005

The What, Why and How of Opensourcing Your Code

The conference slides are now available.

March 31, 2005

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