"Open for business" by Gwen Franck is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, except otherwise noted.

Advantages of going open

VISIBILITY
make your work known globally
timestamp
see what happens with your work

BOOST INNOVATION
open = easy and quick access for the brightest minds around the world
first mover advantage

DESIGN GLOBAL - PRODUCE LOCAL
benefit from worldwide creativity
support local makers

SAVE MONEY
transaction fees
promotion/marketing
production costs
market research

COMMUNITY BENEFITS
going open makes it easier for like-minded communities accross the globe to connect and share their resources

SOCIETY BENEFITS
providing quick and free access can boost research into societal issues
level the playing field
'corporate social responsibility'

MAKE MONEY
first mover advantage
new forms of revenue
boost research and development

IMPROVE PORTFOLIO
take advantage of global input and re-use of your work
connect with likeminded people worldwide

EXAMPLES
Blender
- 3D creation suite
- openly licensed, all types of reuse allowed for free
- community of users and developers improve the product
- accept donations

Arduino
- microcontrollers
- open source hardware and software
- readymades are available commercially

https://www.arduino.cc
Image: By Matt Biddulph (Flickr: A hand-soldered Arduino) [CC BY-SA 2.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0)], via Wikimedia Commons
OpenDesk
- locally made furniture based on digitally available open designs
- platform, maker and designer get fee when a product gets made

The Noun Project
- Icons and logo's
- Free reuse: attribution required
- Freemium model - unlimited royalty free access
- Creator of icon retains copyright

Freesewing
- an open source platform for made-to-measure sewing patterns
- all patterns, docs, API are openly available and adaptable

Wikimedia
- openly licensed and public domain content only
- re-use: free but conditional: attribution and open licensing (when original is (c) )

Android
- largest mobile operating system in the world
- source code is open, even for competitors

Wikihouse
- (a.o.) tool library for open source house designs

Roden
- bike designs
- can be adapted to your own needs
- available under a CC BY-SA 4.0 license
- adaptations must be shared under the same license

Farmhack
- (a.o.) tool library for open source farming tools

TESLA
- TESLA puts its car designs as open source and files as little patents as possible (although some say this is not true)
- Elon Musk cites environmental concerns - Tesla can't keep up production in order to ensure

Image credits & interesting links
- All icons: The Noun Project
- Background image: http://atfab.co/oswunderkammer/
- All other images not credited on the slides: Wikimedia Commons
- Interesting reads:
- http://opendefinition.org
- http://creativecommons.org
- All Wikipedia articles related to Open Source
- John Oliver on net neutrality
- http://danskdesigncenter.dk/en/understand-open-source-manufacturing-30-minutes
Contact
gwenfranckgcv@gmail.com
@g_fra
skype: gwen.franck1
"Open for business" by Gwen Franck is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, except otherwise noted

Wikimedia Barcelona
By gwen
Wikimedia Barcelona
Presentation delivered in BCN on April 16 2018 http://www.crg.eu/en/event/role-wikimedia-era-open-science
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