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This workshop will focus on how organizations can create and implement an open source policy. Ensuring a consistent and efficient process for managing the acquisition and use of open source is important, but the easy download availability of open source products presents a challenge to typical software acquisition practices. Moreover, open source licensing is significantly different than traditional proprietary software licenses, and managing use to comply with license conditions is vital.
This workshop will cover:
- The five key phases of creating and implementing an open source policy
- Who should be involved in policy creation and implementation
- Auditing current code use to identify open source use
- Monitoring open source use on an ongoing basis
- The creation and role of an Open Source Review Board
- Integrating open source policy and process with existing organizational processes
The workshop is available as a supplemental offering to the conference and costs
only $75. Seating is limited. Register for the workshop here.
Navica's founder and CEO, Bernard Golden, is a recognized authority on open source software. Called “a renowned open source expert” (IT Business Edge) and “an open source guru” (SearchCRM.com), he is regularly featured in magazines like Computerworld, InformationWeek, and Inc. His blog “The Open Source” is one of the most popular features of CIO Magazine's website. He is a frequent speaker at industry conferences like LinuxWorld, the Open Source Business Conference, and the Red Hat Summit. He is the author of “Succeeding with Open Source,” (Addison-Wesley, 2005, published in four languages), which was described as containing “some of the most valuable, practical advice I have seen on how to transform use of open source software from an accidental process into a powerful strategy for gaining an edge on the competition” (Terry Bollinger, IT Analyst, The MITRE Corporation, and author of “Use of FOSS in the United States Department of Defense”).