The journey to accept open source in standards venues Gerald Lane Director Standards and Open Source http://www.eweek.com/category2/0,1874,1866370,00.asp

Collaborative Innovation: Community-driven approach to problem solving People working across geographical and organizational boundaries to confront today’s most pressing challenges Enabled by open standards and new intellectual property practices including open source licenses It unites perspectives from a host of disciplines to: Rapidly solve business issues Accelerate technological advancements Stimulate economic growth A New Era of Collaborative Innovation is Unfolding Today at IBM we see three, very inter-connected factors inspiring a new era of innovation. Key Points: The Internet, Open Standards and the rapid pace of Business…are all contributing to this new brand of behavior… where invention and insight come together, and the vital connection between community and innovation is growing stronger by the day. At IBM, we call this approach to innovation -- “collaborative innovation” and we define it as follows: Community driven People working across geo and organizational boundaries to confront today’s most pressing issues Enabled by open standards and new IP practices, collaborative innovation unites perspectives to accelerate technological advancements and to stimulate economic growth

Sam Palmisano IBM Chairman and CEO Open source is a method of tapping a community of experts to develop useful things. It began in software, but applies broadly, and is anything but anti-capitalist. It can raise quality at reduced costs, and vastly expands opportunities for profit. In a sense, open source fuels innovation much the way science fuels technology. Science is created by communities of experts, whose fundamental discoveries are typically made available to all, including individuals and companies that are able to capitalize on the new knowledge in novel ways. For IBM, the open-source model is familiar territory, given our long track record in the sciences. Sam Palmisano IBM Chairman and CEO http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/10296176/site/newsweek/

It’s not “proprietary or open,” it’s “proprietary and open” Proprietary Innovation Advantages: Product / offering uniqueness Speed-to-Market Open Innovation Advantages: Cost / value scale Option value / scope Collaboration Differentiation Standardization Leadership

Why does IBM consider Open Source important? Open Source Software (OSS) can be a major source of innovation Innovation can happen anytime, anywhere Development through “open communities” leads to potentially broad ideas and creativity OSS is a good approach for developing emerging standards Popular open source projects can become the common implementations Wide distribution and deployment OSS is a source of competitive advantage in the marketplace Open source code can be a quality base for product development Open source can substantially improve developer productivity

Lessons we learned about open source We were worried about quality; we shouldn’t have been We gained a better understanding of the open source domain Copyright complexities, Patents License Ts and Cs We gained a better understanding of the value How to leverage Where to contribute We learned to balance open and proprietary We learned to manage the risks We learned it is important to have clear business and strategic reasons for using open source IBM is not alone. MS pointing out re the sample code the post that they really get open source. Their code says it is copyright MS and you can’t do anything with it. This is precisely one of the reasons we scan for copyright code. We occasionally find copyright with code scans and investigate. Copyright law changed 1989.

http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/epolicy/

Open source in Open ICT Ecosystems http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/epolicy/

http://www.etsi.org/sos%5Finteroperability/Doc%20SOS%20III/Open_Source_Standard_ITEMS_VASS.pdf

Open standards IPR policies are emerging to accommodate open source RF only Selection of IPR licenses: Rand RF w/RAND terms RF w/limited terms http://www.etsi.org/sos%5Finteroperability/Doc%20SOS%20III/Open_Source_Standard_ITEMS_VASS.pdf

http://www.etsi.org/sos%5Finteroperability/Doc%20SOS%20III/IPO_OS_SSBWhitePaper%20.pdf

More transparent, More community involvement Many governments, industry participants and consumers are seeking a new equilibrium - ETSI is positioned to provide IPR policy leadership for open source integration in standards venues Industry direction Totally Open More transparent, More community involvement Totally Proprietary Where do we need to be today to drive innovation, solve customer problems, and accelerate growth?