Beyond-Licensing Town Hall Boston 2016
Time: Thursday April 21st, 2016, 18:00-21:00
Location: Bocoup Office
201 South Street, Floor 1
Boston, MA 02111
The Bocoup folks ask that attendees enter through our back door at 50 Utica St., Boston, MA
Parking:
Street parking is metered but inconsistent in the area
Parking Garages:
South Station Garage: Address: 750 Atlantic Ave, Boston, MA 02111 // Phone: (617) 345-0202
Chinatown Garage: Address: 125 Lincoln St, Boston, MA 02111 // Phone: (617) 416-6201
Public Transportation/ MBTA:
South Station (Red Line) is a 5 min. walk away
Chinatown Station (Orange Line) is an 8 min. walk away
Agenda
Come meet the OSI Board! At this town hall style meeting, members of the OSI Board will share their ideas and plans for the future, talk about the organization's mission and concerns, and, hopefully, hear from you about your ideas and how you think the OSI can best serve the open source community.
There will be snacks and (non-alcoholic) drinks!
RSVP below:
- Deb Bryant
- Molly de Blanc
- Leslie Hawthorn
- Patrick Masson
- Mike Milinkovich
- Allison Randal
- Paul Tagliamonte
- Italo Vignoli
- Stefano Zacchiroli
- Chris Aniszczyk (tentative)
- Duane O'Brien
- Shane Curcuru
Read more about the OSI Board.
Read the Beyond-Licensing email archives for more details about the project.
Meeting Notes
- Beyond licensing: meant to explore open source just beyond the scope of licensing - what is the raison d'etre of the OSI beyond keeping a list of licenses
- A license is not enough to create a successful community & project, but these things are not as well defined as e.g. The Open Source Definition
- Open standards requirements are a good addition to the purview of the OSI
- Branding is important for open source projects, see recent post from Shane Curcuru on Beyond Licensing list
- Company leadership who is disconnected from marketing dept understanding of open source and who co-opt open source brands / branding (e.g. Hadoop)
- People want to work on projects because of the "brand" - reputation, credibility, etc.
- Not every project needs to get to the point of needing "branding" but if you wait to long then your brand can have been coopted by businesses, etc.
- Foundations exist to hold marks and allows for use of them in a sane way, e.g. differently than a trademarked name of a 'project' which is owned by a VC funded company