Open is as Open doesAndrew Clay ShaferOSCON Open Cloud Day 2014

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@littleidea

this guy

disclaimera school of thought

buckle upkeep your arms and legs inside the ride at all times

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here we go• words about stuff• more words• open words• cloud words• question everything

open dialog

What is ‘Open’?

if (free == open) then ??

• The freedom to run the program as you wish, for any purpose (freedom 0).

• The freedom to study how the program works, and change it so it does your computing as you wish (freedom 1). Access to the source code is a precondition for this.

• The freedom to redistribute copies so you can help your neighbor (freedom 2).

• The freedom to distribute copies of your modified versions to others (freedom 3). By doing this you can give the whole community a chance to benefit from your changes. Access to the source code is a precondition for this.

if (free == open) then ??

• (freedom 0) can you really run a cloud?

• really?

• (freedom 1) can you change what you don’t understand?

• (freedom 2) can your neighbor really run a cloud?

• (freedom 3) if you got this far, sure, why not…

–Wikipedia

“The concept of free sharing of technological information existed long before computers. For example, cooking recipes have been

shared and remixed since the beginning of human culture.”

In 1911, independent automaker Henry Ford won a challenge to the Selden patent. The result was that the Selden patent became virtually worthless and a new association was formed. The new association instituted a cross-licensing agreement among all US

auto manufacturers: although each company would develop technology and file patents, these patents were shared openly and without the exchange of money between all the manufacturers. By

the time the US entered World War 2, 92 Ford patents and 515 patents from other companies were being shared between these

manufacturers, without any exchange of money (or lawsuits).”

Open is relationships

Open is relative

Open Source is Big Business

who pays what? to whom?

Cloud, as we now know it, would not have happened without ‘Open Source’

what even is cloud?

PaaSIaaSSaaS

Public PrivateHybrid

not here to argue definitions

everyone believes

their perspective

everyone is not wrong

everyone has an agenda

A Spectrum

closed code open code

closed intentions

open intentions

proprietary with roadmap

occasionally update a tar file

open code open backlog

open wip

hmm

closed code open code

proprietary API

open standards

SQL HTML TCP/IP

driverslots of stuff

SQL HTML TCP/IP

closed governance open governance

proprietary API

open (defacto?) standards

Cisco IOS

private public

proprietary API

open (defacto?) standards

things to be aware of

• trust • walled gardens • mercantilism • harvest

trust

walled gardens

mercantilism

harvest

words in the open cloud conversation that make me cringe

• standards • committee • vendor lockin • meritocracy

standards & committees

vendor lockin

everyone’s favorite strawman

meritocracy

I don’t always use words to mask oligarchy, but when I do, I prefer to use the title of a dystopian novel.

questions to ask

what do you value?

start with ‘why’

are you a consumer?

are you a producer?

how will you define ‘open’?

how will your choices reflect your values and definitions?

what is right?

what is right for you?

come at me

@littleideaOSCON Open Cloud Day 2014