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KEYSPEAKERS 2008

Toshio Miki, M.D. , Communication Device Development Department, DoCoMo

Guido Arnone, Director Terminals, Technology, Vodafone

Dr Ari Jaaksi, Director of Open Source Operations, Nokia

Simon Rockman, Head of Requirements and Applications, Sony Ericsson

Alan Wright, Head of the Future Solutions Group, Motorola Inc.

Dr Florian Seiche, VP, HTC Europe

Dr Jin-Sung Choi, SVP, LG

Anuraj Gambhir, President, Innovation and Corporate Business Development, Spice

Post Conference Workshop, 12 June 2008

Crash Course in Mobile Open Source

A 360 Degree Analysis of Mobile Open Source Economics, Licensing, Linux, Android, Java, Browsers and Beyond - 12 June 2008

Workshop Objectives:

Open Source is one of the most misunderstood topics in the mobile industry, yet one which has already created commercial disruptions. Google’s Android, the WebKit browser core and Sun’s Java open source strategy have created ripples that have displaced the industry status quo. Companies are now evaluating their strategy in this new brave world, whether it’s Linux, Java or open source licensing. To successfully navigate in this changing commercial environment, companies must develop a solid understanding of the economics and licensing issues behind open source, as well as become familiar with the landscape of Linux-based platforms, Java, browsers and beyond. The workshop is a comprehensive, well rounded review of key matters in mobile open source that will help you make the best choices for your project or organization.

Who will benefit?

The day will benefit all professionals using or considering use of open source solutions

Workshop Agenda

Session One. The Economics of Open Source

What on earth is open source? (distilling the essence from the F.U.D.)
Open source vs free software: history, linguistics and politics
Use of open source software globally; from early adoption to mass appeal
The five phases of maturity for open source software ecosystems
Business models: four ways to make money from open source
Success stories: case studies of the short head and statistics of the long tail
Fundamentals of open source licensing
Drivers and culture of the open source developers
Corporate citizenship in open source projects. Do’s and Don’t’s
Why open source is a disruption to traditional software development processe

Session Two. Open Source Licensing 101

Open Source Software licensing – what is it ?
The 9 most-used software licenses
Patents, warranties and obligations of open source licenses
What is a derivative work and its impact on licensing?
An analysis of GPL2: motivations and obligations
Differences between GPLv2 and GPLv3; derivatives, patents and ambiguities
A review of copyleft licenses: Mozilla, Eclipse and CDDL licenses
A review of non-copyleft licenses: Apache, BSD and MIT licenses.
Impact of open source licenses in commercial projects
Training and awareness: people, processes and tools

Session Three. The Brave New World of Mobile Linux

Linux: desktop vs mobile, evolution vs intelligent design
The value of Linux to the mobile industry – benefits and challenges
Commercial update: handsets and deployments
Linux for mass market phones: architectures and commercial efforts
Manufacturer strategies: Motorola, Maemo, FIC, Panasonic
Operator strategies in Linux: Vodafone, Orange
Google’s Android: an analysis of the software, its licensing, developer program and the implications to the industry
Application development on Linux: what it means to developers
The complex landscape of mobile Linux and the taxonomy of vendor positioning
Standards bodies 2.0: analysis and comparative review of OHA, LiMo, LiPS, GMAE.

Session Four. Java and Wild West of Open Source

A review of open source operating systems beyond Linux
What open source means for Sun’s mobile Java: technology, licensing implications and the resulting minimal industry impact.
Analysing Motorola’s MIDP 3 project; contrasting with Sun’s Java strategy
Nokia’s S60 WebKit: a major disruption to industry and the demise of the browser heavyweights
Microsoft’s Shared Source Licensing: an umbrella effort
Eclipse, a model open source community
Funambol: a tightrope walker
Open source hardware: implications and applications.
BT project Firebird: open source in mobile networks
Open source SIP: a threat to IMS ?

Workshop Leader: Andreas Constantinou, Ph.D.
Andreas Constantinou is both a strategist and mobile technology expert. He is the Research Director at VisionMobile, an analyst firm delivering sector analysis on the handset ecosystem, open source and mobile service domains. Andreas is also the author of Informa’s strategic report on Open Source in Mobile.