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SUMMARY:Open source – 19th C. capitalism re-invented ? - Dr Lee Smith - 
 ARM 
DTSTART:20171108T161500Z
DTEND:20171108T173000Z
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CONTACT:David Greaves
DESCRIPTION:Many businesses today have become existentially dependent on o
 pen source software and in some cases (such as Arm) projects to which they
  must contribute. Since the publication of The GNU Manifesto in 1985 (http
 ://www.gnu.org/gnu/manifesto.en.html) much has changed and open source sof
 tware development is now more than 80% funded by business. In this talk I 
 will examine open source and open source-based business through a business
  lens\, appealing to simple micro-economic\, and well-established legal\, 
 concepts. This talk should interest the entrepreneurially minded as well a
 s those intending to join a corporation for those who see their future in 
 shaping open source communities there might be a challenge or two. While t
 he driving force behind my work has been open source software\, especially
  software development tools\, I will comment briefly on some issues around
  documentation and hardware.
LOCATION:Lecture Theatre 1\, Computer Laboratory
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