Profiles

MEDIUM SIZED COMPANY AIMING TO BECOME AN ENABLER IN OPEN DATA ECOSYSTEMS

The company aims to start a sub-project based on new graphic rendering techniques with an open source core with associated subsystem IP, tools, and software for graphical and game designers (development environments). It seeks to create a community around the open source cores and optimise its processes. The company has a patent portfolio and is concerned that exposing it to open source collaboration may ‘taint’ other of its patents.

Size

Medium Size

How can I use my OD project in other projects/activities of the companies? e.g. developing a software, new data formats, and exploit its use.

Experience with 3Os

Experienced

How can I manage correctly the licenses inbound and outbound for sw and data?
I am interested in data quality to produce quality products.

Technological area

Dev of new data-based services for the PAs

PAs often ask for open source delivery of the IP they procured.
How do I set my strategy to fit this request and to avoid eventual loss of competitiveness?

Role

User and potential maker

How to engage with communities and to contribute effectively on open-source projects?

Motivation

Trasparency

How do I preserve my interests and at the same time satisfy the request for transparency from PA? How do the open license types influence my strategy?
Contribute to data format for future projects reuse

Attitude toward risk

Low risk approach

Copyright on sw may be the only strategic advantage I have, data is accessible to competitors.
What type of business model or strategical choices can I take?

Ecosystems

Participates in PAs Open calls

If I leave my IP to the PA in the form of source code, how to make sure they will take the actions to satisfy the license?
What should be on my own expenses? (e.g., publication and maintenance of source, forks, improvements)

Communities

Few contributions on Github

Considering the required transparency (source code to the PA), how can I engage with relevant projects developers that could support me?
PAs are not developers, will the code be ever used?