On 15/07/2020 16.05, Italo Vignoli wrote: > A new version of the strategic marcom plan has been uploaded to > Nextcloud: https://nextcloud.documentfoundation.org/s/4pLtn9xn76BkxFK > > Please refer to this version for your comment, as it clarifies some > specific points which were raised during the discussion, although not > mentioned at all in the previous slide deck. >
Thanks for this new version. Since Dries Buytaert's blog post “Balancing Makers and Takers to Scale and Sustain Open Source” got multiple slides (slides 10-13), and there were various discussions and different opinions on what use of LibreOffice is considered morally acceptable and what is not, I think it's worth reading the actual blog post [1] to get a clearer understanding of how the term "takers" is used there; quote: > Next, I'd like to extend the distinction between "Open Source > software being a public good" and "Open Source customers being a > common good" to the free-rider problem: we define software > free-riders as those who use the software without ever contributing > back, and customer free-riders (or Takers) as those who sign up > customers without giving back. > > All Open Source communities should encourage software free-riders. > Because the software is a public good (non-rivalrous), a software > free-rider doesn't exclude others from using the software. Hence, > it's better to have a user for your Open Source project, than having > that person use your competitor's software. Furthermore, a software > free-rider makes it more likely that other people will use your Open > Source project (by word of mouth or otherwise). When some portion of > those other users contribute back, the Open Source project benefits. > Software free-riders can have positive network effects on a project. > > However, when the success of an Open Source project depends largely > on one or more corporate sponsors, the Open Source community should > not forget or ignore that customers are a common good. Because a > customer can't be shared among companies, it matters a great deal for > the Open Source project where that customer ends up. When the > customer signs up with a Maker, we know that a certain percentage of > the revenue associated with that customer will be invested back into > the Open Source project. When a customer signs up with a customer > free-rider or Taker, the project doesn't stand to benefit. In other > words, Open Source communities should find ways to route customers to > Makers. I personally agree with the above. Obviously, it doesn't mean that everybody needs to be of the same opinion. :-) Best regards, Michael [1] https://dri.es/balancing-makers-and-takers-to-scale-and-sustain-open-source -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: board-discuss+unsubscr...@documentfoundation.org Problems? https://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: https://listarchives.documentfoundation.org/www/board-discuss/ Privacy Policy: https://www.documentfoundation.org/privacy
