There has been a significant amount of interest in the Open Core business model since Andrew Lampitt articulated it and its benefits for combining open source and commercial licensing.
After a period of relative calm the debate liven up again last month after the Open Source Business Conference when few analysts critically review the usage of Open Core business model made by many commercial open source companies. I have collected all links to posts that I find more interesting to sum up this debate in three list on friendfeed:
- Open Core Predecessors: the debate on open source business models before the advent of open core
- The rise of Open Core: The early debate on open core business model started in August 2008 with the Andrew Lampitt’s post containing its first definition
- The debate on Open Core: The last weeks debate on open core model
All links in each list are ordered by date (the first is the more recent). If you have some interesting links that I have not yet included, please send them to me. I will keep these list updated integrating them with all your suggestions. If you want to share with the SpagoWorld’s community your opinions on this topic please leave a comment down here or answear to this quick poll or join the discussion on our linked-in group.