> I'm organizing a one-day miniconf on the business of FOSS as part of > LCA in Ballarat (near Melbourne) in January. The business miniconf is > not just about business in the traditional sense and it would be nice > to get some talks about building communities and foundations. Please > see below for the CFP. > > CFP: Business of Open Source miniconf at LCA 2012 > > The "Business of Open Source" miniconf at LCA 2012 (Ballarat, Australia; > January 16-20 2012) is for people interested in business aspects of open > source. Topics include licensing your work, building a market, building a > community, gathering market data, distribution, communications, working > with open source developers, working with governments and countries, > working with procurement departments, corporate governance, funding, > pricing, lessons from your experience, and whatever related topics people > would like to bring up. Whether you are a student working on a one-person > open source project, own your own open source consulting company, or > create open source strategy for a multi-billion dollar company, this > miniconf hopes to bring different people together to exchange thoughts and > facilitate discussion about these topics. > > Presentation submitters should feel free to suggest their own topics. > Here is a list of potentially interesting subjects (in no particular > order): > > * Experiences moving a project from fun to profit > * Choosing a license > * Defending your rights > * Working as a non-profit > * Building a community > * Experiences in distributed development > * Commercial acquisition of open source projects > * Funding (VC) open source development > * Business strategies behind open source > * Successful open source business in Australia > * Open Source Software Development Management and Governance > * Open Source Corporate Governance > * Open source development inside of corporations and small companies > * Lessons learned in building up your open source business > * Marketing > * Distribution > * Copyrights > * Applying your copyright and license choices > > We hope to receive proposals for: > > * 50 minute expert panel discussions > * 50 minute full presentations > * 25 minute half presentations > * 5-10 minute lightning talks (e.g. success stories, ...) > > This miniconf is organized by Martin Michlmayr of Hewlett-Packard and > Bob Waldie of Open Source Industry Australia (OSIA). To submit a proposal, > please contact Martin at t...@hp.com and Bob at bob.wal...@opengear.com > and include the following information: > > * Your name > * Brief bio noting any previous speaking experience > * Talk title > * Brief outline of your proposed talk > * Notes of any special equipment / facilities you may require > > The deadline for submission is: November 6 2011 > > Finally, please note that Miniconf Presenters need to register as > delegates and pay to attend LCA 2012. > > -- > Martin Michlmayr > Open Source Program Office, Hewlett-Packard
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