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## Practical tools for open source communities
## Practical tools for open source communities
## managing open source projects (leadership, contributions, etc.)
## managing open source projects (leadership, contributions, etc.)
# Open Source Myths and Misunderstandings
## quality
### Quality- the myth of "free" software
### Practical software process
#### warranties vs commercial software
# Business Models
## support
## consulting
## research
## platform approach
## dual license
## struggles with open versus closed
# Open-Science
## The Scientific Method
## Coopting the Method
## Regaining the method
# Case Studies
## VTK
## ITK
## CMake / CDash
## IGSTK
## ParaView
## GCC_XML
# Musings on Open Source
## Wisdom of crowds:  Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Wisdom_of_Crowds      http://www.randomhouse.com/features/wisdomofcrowds/excerpt.html
## Open source : voting http://www.wired.com/techbiz/media/news/2003/11/61045
## Network Neutrality http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Network_neutrality
## Internet Freedom: http://www.eff.org/
## Electronic Frontier Foundation
## Open Government http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AmlzW980i5A      http://web.media.mit.edu/~dang/opengov.html
## Wikileaks Freedom of Information.
# Future


3. Open Source Myths and Misunderstandings
  # qaulity
  ** Quality- the myth of "free" software
  ** Practical software process
  # warranties vs commercial software
  #


4. Business Models
===References===
  - support
* Open Innovation http://www.amazon.com/Open-Innovation-Researching-New-Paradigm/dp/0199290725/ref=wl_it_dp?ie=UTF8&coliid=I2CL3WEZO8R3WF&colid=Y33DWL1PUGRV
  - consulting
* Open Business Models: How to thrive in the New innovation environment  http://www.amazon.com/Open-Business-Models-Innovation-Landscape/dp/1422104273/ref=wl_it_dp?ie=UTF8&coliid=I6RB0TPU7RU5A&colid=Y33DWL1PUGRV
  - research
* Open Innovation: The New Imperative for Creating And Profiting from Technology  http://www.amazon.com/Open-Innovation-Imperative-Profiting-Technology/dp/1422102831/ref=wl_it_dp?ie=UTF8&coliid=I31NKWQP8ENG2Y&colid=Y33DWL1PUGRV
  - platform approach
* Innovation Happens Elsewhere: Open Source as Business Strategy  http://www.amazon.com/Innovation-Happens-Elsewhere-Business-Strategy/dp/1558608893/ref=wl_it_dp?ie=UTF8&coliid=I2FLRWOBQKBDTU&colid=Y33DWL1PUGRV
  - dual license
  - struggles with open versus closed


5. Open-Science
===Potential Tools for Writing the Book===
  - The Scientific Method
  - Coopting the Method
  - Regaining the method
 
* Case Studies
** VTK
** ITK
** CMake / CDash
** IGSTK
** ParaView
** GCC_XML


In (current) order of preference


6. Musings on Open Source
# [http://doc-book.sourceforge.net/homepage DocBook Wiki]
    1) Wisdom of crowds:  Wikipedia
# [http://moinmo.in/DocBook MoinMoin DocBook]
        http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Wisdom_of_Crowds
# [http://www.plone.org Plone]
        http://www.randomhouse.com/features/wisdomofcrowds/excerpt.html
# [http://www.pmwiki.org PmWiki] with the [http://www.pmwiki.org/wiki/Cookbook/PublishPDF  WikiPublisher plugin]
 
# CVS/Suversion + LaTeX
    2) Open source : voting
        http://www.wired.com/techbiz/media/news/2003/11/61045
 
    3) Network Neutrality
        http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Network_neutrality
        Internet Freedom:
        http://www.eff.org/
        Electronic Frontier Foundation
 
    4) Open Government
        http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AmlzW980i5A
        http://web.media.mit.edu/~dang/opengov.html
 
    5) Wikileaks
        Freedom of Information.
 
7. Future
 
 
References
    Open Innovation
    http://www.amazon.com/Open-Innovation-Researching-New-Paradigm/dp/0199290725/ref=wl_it_dp?ie=UTF8&coliid=I2CL3WEZO8R3WF&colid=Y33DWL1PUGRV
 
    Open Business Models: How to thrive in the New innovation environment
    http://www.amazon.com/Open-Business-Models-Innovation-Landscape/dp/1422104273/ref=wl_it_dp?ie=UTF8&coliid=I6RB0TPU7RU5A&colid=Y33DWL1PUGRV
 
    Open Innovation:
    The New Imperative for Creating And Profiting from Technology
    http://www.amazon.com/Open-Innovation-Imperative-Profiting-Technology/dp/1422102831/ref=wl_it_dp?ie=UTF8&coliid=I31NKWQP8ENG2Y&colid=Y33DWL1PUGRV
 
    Innovation Happens Elsewhere: Open Source as Business Strategy
    http://www.amazon.com/Innovation-Happens-Elsewhere-Business-Strategy/dp/1558608893/ref=wl_it_dp?ie=UTF8&coliid=I2FLRWOBQKBDTU&colid=Y33DWL1PUGRV

Latest revision as of 13:24, 12 July 2011

Current Assignments

  • Want a way to keep track of contributions for purposes of info-viz display authorship
  • Want a way to
    • Add core content
    • Add supplemental content
    • Produce conventional book in the end

Preliminaries

  • Write book in open-source way
  • Capable of being formatted into a book
  • Working title: Thriving On Open Source

Outline

  1. Introduction
    1. Purpose
      1. gain visibility for Kitware
      2. social impact
      3. recognize community
    2. experience
    3. participants
      1. who are the authors
      2. who is the company
      3. who are affiliated collaborators
  2. Community
    1. A matter of scale (effects of scale on the community)
    2. The daily cycle:Day-to-day collaboration
    3. Practical tools for open source communities
    4. managing open source projects (leadership, contributions, etc.)
  3. Open Source Myths and Misunderstandings
    1. quality
      1. Quality- the myth of "free" software
      2. Practical software process
        1. warranties vs commercial software
  4. Business Models
    1. support
    2. consulting
    3. research
    4. platform approach
    5. dual license
    6. struggles with open versus closed
  5. Open-Science
    1. The Scientific Method
    2. Coopting the Method
    3. Regaining the method
  6. Case Studies
    1. VTK
    2. ITK
    3. CMake / CDash
    4. IGSTK
    5. ParaView
    6. GCC_XML
  7. Musings on Open Source
    1. Wisdom of crowds: Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Wisdom_of_Crowds http://www.randomhouse.com/features/wisdomofcrowds/excerpt.html
    2. Open source : voting http://www.wired.com/techbiz/media/news/2003/11/61045
    3. Network Neutrality http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Network_neutrality
    4. Internet Freedom: http://www.eff.org/
    5. Electronic Frontier Foundation
    6. Open Government http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AmlzW980i5A http://web.media.mit.edu/~dang/opengov.html
    7. Wikileaks Freedom of Information.
  8. Future


References

Potential Tools for Writing the Book

In (current) order of preference

  1. DocBook Wiki
  2. MoinMoin DocBook
  3. Plone
  4. PmWiki with the WikiPublisher plugin
  5. CVS/Suversion + LaTeX
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