360° Workshop - Mobile Open Source

Open Source is one of the most misunderstood topics in the mobile industry, yet one which has already created commercial disruptions. Google’s Android, the WebKit browser core and Nokia’s open source strategy for Symbian have created ripples that have displaced the industry status quo. Companies are now evaluating their strategy in this new brave world, whether it’s Linux, WebKit or open source licensing.

This workshop is designed as an intense, one-day crash course offering a 360° analysis around every facet of mobile open source. The workshop offers unprecedented insight across all aspects of open source, based on over 50 interviews with mobile industry executives and continually updated with more case studies and analysis on new developments.The workshop is a comprehensive, well rounded review of key matters in mobile open source that will help you make the best choices for your project or organization.

Key topics covered:

• The Economics of Open Source: the origins of open source, who’s who in mobile OSS, business models, community types and dynamics, comparing licenses vs governance models and the impact of OSS to the value line.
• Open Source Licensing: understanding the top-5 licenses and their implications for software development. GPL2 vs GPL3, dual licensing, patents, and legal precedents.
• Open Source Operating Systems: Linux vendor case studies and taxonomy, history and dynamics of LiMo vs OHA vs SyFo, why Nokia acquired Symbian and the dark side of Android
• Open Source Strategies and Case Studies: Java (Sun vs Motorola vs Android), the WebKit disruption, Adobe OSP, AOL OMP, Maemo, Mozilla, Eclipse, Microsoft Shared Source, Funambol, Volantis, Netflix and other case studies.
• Formulating a Strategy in an Open Source World; the four roles your company can plan in OSS, evaluating sourcing strategies, choosing a licensing scheme, assessing communities as suppliers, DOs and DON’T’s.