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| 1 | = Part 1: FLOW Governance Concepts = | ||
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| 3 | == Governance of Not-for-Profit Organizations == | ||
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| 5 | * 20 Questions Directors of Not-for-profit Organizations Should Ask about Governance http://www.cica.ca/focus-on-practice-areas/governance-strategy-and-risk/not-for-profit-director-series/20-questions-series/item12302.pdf | ||
| 6 | * To Pay or Not To Pay http://asspl.com.au/article/to-pay-or-not-to-pay/ | ||
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| 8 | == Governance of Open Source Software Foundations == | ||
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| 10 | * A Framework for Evaluating Managerial Styles in Open Source Projects http://flosshub.org/sites/flosshub.org/files/framework%20for%20evaluating%20Mangerial%20Style.pdf | ||
| 11 | * Governance of Open Source Software Foundations: Who Holds the Power? (See p 41 "Centres of power for all six foundations" and p 42 "Conclusion") http://timreview.ca/sites/default/files/article_PDF/Prattico_TIMReview_December2012.pdf | ||
| 12 | * Open Source Software Foundations (See "OSSF Effectiveness") http://timreview.ca/article/194 | ||
| 13 | * Tragedy of the FOSS Commons? Investigating the institutional designs of free/libre and open source software projects http://firstmonday.org/ojs/index.php/fm/article/view/1619/1534 | ||
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| 15 | = Part 2: Multi-Entity Team and Organizational Performance = | ||
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| 17 | * Concepts, definitions, boundary of application, measurement, feedback | ||
| 18 | ** Investigating the Dynamics of Free/Libre Open Source Software Development Teams http://floss.syr.edu/ | ||
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| 20 | * Multi-Organizational Teams | ||
| 21 | ** Risky Trust: How Multi-entity Teams Develop Trust in a High Risk Endeavor http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/11-089.pdf | ||
| 22 | ** Team Scaffolds: How Minimal Team Structures Enable Role-Based Coordination http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/12-062.pdf | ||
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| 24 | ☏ __Audio File (pending):__ Listen to a Discussion with an Invited Authority on Contract Considerations that Affect Participation in Free/Libre/Open Works | ||
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| 26 | * Amanda Brock is Director at the international technology law firm, Origin, www.origin.co.uk. Prior to joining Origin, she was General Counsel of Canonical for 5 years. She has an LLB (Hons) from the University of Glasgow, a Masters of Comparative Jurisprudence from New York University and an LLM in IP and IT law from Queen Mary, University of London. She is admitted as a solicitor in Scotland and England and Wales. She is author of "E:Business; The Practical Guide to the Laws", and was an editor of the Butterworth's publication Electronic Business Law, and contributed a chapter on commercial agreements in open source to Walden and Shentov, Free and Open Source Software: Policy, Law and Practise, published by Oxford University Press in 2013. Amanda has lectured extensively on IT and commercial law internationally. http://www.origin.co.uk/team/amanda-brock.php | ||
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| 28 | = Part 3: Researching the Free/Libre/Open Way = | ||
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| 30 | * FLOSSmole: Collaborative collection and analysis of free/libre/open source project data http://flossmole.org/content/about-0 | ||
| 31 | * //Please contribute additional data sources to FLOSSmole: //http://flossmole.org/content/donating-data | ||
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| 33 | = Part 4: Case Analysis = | ||
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| 35 | — How does someone become a participant in their projects? | ||
| 36 | — How are decisions arrived at? | ||
| 37 | — Does the license type seem to influence any aspect of governance? | ||
| 38 | — How does each address copyright ownership? | ||
| 39 | — How does each address patent non-aggression? | ||
| 40 | — What //unwritten expectations// should you keep in mind? | ||
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| 42 | * Linux Foundation http://www.linuxfoundation.org/about/bylaws | ||
| 43 | — A Guide to the Kernel Development Process https://www.kernel.org/doc/Documentation/development-process/1.Intro | ||
| 44 | — Open Source Compliance Publications http://www.linuxfoundation.org/publications/compliance | ||
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| 46 | * OpenStack Foundation https://wiki.openstack.org/wiki/Governance/Foundation/Bylaws | ||
| 47 | — Contribute to OpenStack / Community https://wiki.openstack.org/wiki/Main_Page | ||
| 48 | — http://www.openstack.org/legal/****** | ||
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| 50 | * Eclipse Foundation http://www.eclipse.org/org/documents/ | ||
| 51 | — Eclipse Development Process http://www.eclipse.org/projects/dev_process/development_process_2011.php | ||
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| 53 | * Apache Foundation http://www.apache.org/foundation/ | ||
| 54 | — Open Source Software Peer Review Practices: A Case Study of the Apache Server http://faculty.salisbury.edu/~xswang/research/papers/serelated/testing/p541-rigby.pdf | ||
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| 56 | * LLVM (not a foundation but still interesting) | ||
| 57 | — LLVM Developer Policy http://llvm.org/docs/DeveloperPolicy.html | ||
| 58 | — Life of an Instruction in LLVM http://eli.thegreenplace.net/2012/11/24/life-of-an-instruction-in-llvm/ | ||
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| 60 | * Other Interesting Foundations | ||
| 61 | ** R Foundation http://www.r-project.org/foundation/Rfoundation-statutes.pdf | ||
| 62 | — [[Projects.Model of Rigorous Free/Libre/Open Control at CRAN (The Comprehensive R Archive Network).WebHome]] | ||
| 63 | ** GNOME Foundation http://www.gnome.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/bylaws.pdf | ||
| 64 | ** Open Cloud Principles http://www.opencloudinitiative.org/principles | ||
| 65 | ** OpenDaylight http://www.opendaylight.org/resources/faq#3m | ||
| 66 | — http://www.networkworld.com/news/2013/041913-ibm-opendaylight-268912.html | ||
| 67 | ** OpenFlow http://www.openflow.org/wp/openflow-components/ | ||
| 68 | — Why Apache is important to Openflow http://www.projectfloodlight.org/blog/2012/01/30/why-apache-is-important-to-openflow/ | ||
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| 70 | Preparation for the Session: __Audio File (pending):__ Listen to a Discussion with an Invited Authority on "Best Practices in Organizing and running a FOSS Foundation") | ||
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| 72 | * Mark Radcliffe is a senior partner at DLA Piper who practices corporate securities and intellectual property law. He has worked with many software companies, in particular open source companies and is Chair of the Open Source Industry Group at the firm. He assisted Sun Microsystems in open sourcing the Solaris operating system and drafting the "Common Development and Distribution License" (CDDL). He has represented eBay, Accenture, Adobe, Palm, Sony, Siemens Venture Capital, and SugarCRM (the first venture backed open source applications company). On a pro bono basis, he serves as outside General Counsel for the Open Source Initiative and on the Legal Committee of the Apache Software Foundation. He was the Chair of Committee C for the Free Software Foundation in reviewing GPLv3 and was the lead drafter for Project Harmony. In 2012, he became outside general counsel of the Open Stack Foundation. http://www.openstack.org/foundation/staff |