The Bees And The Trees – Part I

The Beekeeper Model of Commercial Open Source

James Dixon, Chief Geek / CTO, Pentaho

The Beekeeper is a brilliant analogy for the architecture of participation that is at the root of
the success of open source. This paper elegantly explains how it can be possible that
everybody wins when many contribute rather than pay, and some pay rather than contribute.

Marten Mickos, CEO, MySQL

• Introduction
• Why Commercial Open Source
• The Principles of Open Source
• The Models
  • The Wild Hive Model for Open Source Projects
  • The Maple Syrup Farm Model for Proprietary Software Companies
  • The Beekeeper Model for Single-Vendor Commercial Open Source
  • The Honey Gatherer Model for Services/Support commercial Open Source
• Summary
• More Information

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