The Social Values ofOpen Source

Issa Mahasneh

What you ShouldExpect• What is Open Source?• How Open Source can directly help you, your

community and your country?• Why the future is open and why does that

matter?• Liked Open Source? Five steps guide to get

benefit from it!

Get yourFreedom Back!• Use• Modify• Distribute• Share your changes

In a non technical world...

Ok, Why is thatAwesome?• Take control of your software!• It is free and cost effective• Better security and quality• No vendor lock in

Values for Social Enterprises• Open Standards• Innovation• Collaboration + Community• User/Society led development• Cost effectiveness

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OpenStandards

• The Internet•

• Got Email?•

• IM

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• CC-BY Paul Clarke

OpenStandards

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• CC-BY-NC Travelin Librarian

OpenStandards

• CC-BY-NC-ND Austcare

ServicesInnovation

• CC-BY-NC-ND Austcare

Collaboration and Community

• Wanna Video?

• http://abclocal.go.com/kgo/story?section=news/drive_to_discover&id=8281611

CostEffectiveness

• http://www.megajordan.org

Open Source in thePublic Sphere

• Creative Commons• Open Data

• Open Education• Open Government

• Open Design• ...

• Open Source is not only for Software!

Please, MeetWikipedia

• CC-BY-NC-ND Austcare

Five Steps to go intoOpen Source

• Plan, Adopt Gradually

Five Steps to go intoOpen Source

• Study, Discover New Technologies

Five Steps to go intoOpen Source

• Join the Community

Five Steps to go intoOpen Source

• Contribute, Gain Reputation

Five Steps to go intoOpen Source

• Be Open!

Questions?

issa@jordanopensource.orgwww.jordanopensource.org