A Taxonomy for Open Source Software Companies: Governance and Commercialization

Written by eric-anderson-scale | Published 2019/10/02
Tech Story Tags: open-source | open-source-governance | governance | open-source-commercialization | cloudera | project-community-fit | hackernoon-top-story | open-source-taxonomy

TLDR There is a lot of complexity in the world of open source, yet there is surprising commonality among governance approaches and commercialization strategies. This article is my attempt to formalize these commonalities into a useful taxonomy. It includes how a given open source project is funded and governed, and the relationship the company has with the project. Ultimately, these are the factors that inform how successful and valuable a company will be. The key to success is demonstrating traction for an open source company to reach product-market fit.via the TL;DR App

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Written by eric-anderson-scale | I am a Principal at Scale Venture Partners where I invest in cloud infrastructure and open source
Published by HackerNoon on 2019/10/02