Open Source 2.0?

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Open Source 2.0?

RTI Open Community Source DDSPractice and Theory

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The Great OSS Biz Model Quest

• “Free beer”– Pay only for support & services– A poor (failed) biz model

• “Free speech”– Worked for Linux– Community development challenge

• “Free puppy”– Hidden adoption expense

• Freemium (Dual licensing)– Hard balance between “good enough” &

paid


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RTI’s Market: Real-Time Infrastructure


Highly Distributed Real-Time Systems

• Many applications, processors– 100+ processors in a car– 1,000+ processors on a ship– 100k+ processors in an industrial system– 40M+ lines of code

• Many people & teams– Crosses divisions, companies, orgs– Includes end users, suppliers, subs– 50+ s/w suppliers for a modern naval

ship


RTI Enables Open Infrastructure

• A business model that spans the system– Infrastructure Community Business Model– Free, open license for entire community

• 100% free & open DDS: source, runtimes, development• Modifiable, sharable, distributable

– Aggressive pricing for advanced features• Technology that connects the system– RTI Connext 5.0– Major new release with 70+ new capabilities– Extensive integration patterns & technologies– Massive scalability, systems of systems


RTI Connext™: Edge to Enterprise

RTI DataBus™

ConnextMicro

Pub/Sub API(DDS subset)

Small Device Apps

ConnextDDS

Pub/Sub API(Full DDS)

DDS Apps

ConnextMessaging

Messaging API(DDS++ & JMS)

General-Purpose Real-Time Apps

ConnextIntegrator

Adapters

DiverseApps/Systems

Administration

Monitoring

Recording

Replay

Persistence

Logging

Visualization

Common Tools and Infrastructure Services


RTI Connext 5.0 Highlights

• Over 70 new features (!)• Enterprise Integration Patterns• Enhanced Scalability• Administration Console• XML Builder/Prototyper• Connext View (labs)

Accelerates development and integration of large-scale real-time systems


Publisher

Message

Disk

Message

Message

Subscriber

Durable Subscriber

Message

App-level ack


RTI Open Community Source


Practice

What Is an Infrastructure Community?

• Any community sharing software– Seeking a common or interoperable software

infrastructure– Across projects, divisions, companies,

programs• Examples

– Software supply chains– Enterprises or corporate divisions– Government or industry standards

communities (FACE, UCS, COE, ICE)– Large projects

• “Everyone you care about”


Infrastructure Communities

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IC: JHU APL

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IC: ICE


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IC: Audi


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The IC License in a Nutshell

• This license covers an entire IC & it's free• Free source

– Use and modify the DDS source code– Build and use object versions of the original or modified source code– Distribute source or binaries within the IC

• Free development– Develop code that links to and uses DDS – Can’t combine development under this free IC license with

commercial products on the same Project• Free runtimes

– You may ship Target Applications that link DDS to end users• No warranty

What do You Get?

• IC License– DDS on Win & Linux, full source– No tools, no warranty

• Commercial License– Tools– Platforms & Transports– Advanced features

• Messaging• Runtime services • Integrator• Micro

– Warranty & bounded support costs


IC Model Summary

• Open Community Source for entire IC– Free, full source & binary for latest RTI DDS

• Market leading: 70% share• Windows & Linux pre-built binaries• Share source & binaries within IC

– Professional T&M support– No cost, no hassle, no strings

• Low-cost commercial product for projects– Starts at $1,000 per developer– Tools, advanced functionality, warranty, platforms– No royalties or deployment fees


It’s Not Real Open Source!

• It’s restricted to an IC, and we openly acknowledge it– This is not OSI compliant or “Free software”

• But…– Within your IC: very open– Outside your IC: why do you care?– And it’s a better deal

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Open Community Source

Theory

What Do Users Want from “Open Source”?

• No license cost• Can modify and distribute modifications• Community development• Community forum• Use for any application• Access (right) to source code• Freely downloadable


The sole imperative to control software cost is to establish a stable team working on a single code base

-- Stan Schneider


What’s Important in a Model?

• Let you adopt without friction• Support healthy vendor with known cost• Encourage speculative vendor investment• Retain your IP control• Drive efficiency and low cost



Not-Enough Model

• Offer free, but unpalatable OSS• Dead branch is a dead end• What happens when you need better?


Pure-Play OSS Model

• No license fees; charge hourly for everything

• “Someone else will pay”• Unknown, unbounded

costs (!)• Limits vendor

speculative investment• Often has poor

provenance controlYou are Here

RTI Balanced Approach

• Open Community Source– Free, viral adoption– Latest product– Support available

• Low friction upgrade– Advanced functionality,

tools, platforms, warranty

– Clear, reasonable per-developer fees


• IC model benefits– Provides you freedom– Improves vendor financials– Encourages speculative

investment– Lowers overall cost

Source Freedom

• See the trail• Vendor maintains the trail• Stay on the trail


Business Model Freedoms

• Freedom from frustration– Support all versions (free, paid)– Offer professional guidance,

services

• Freedom from legal strings – Offer warranty and

indemnification– Control provenance– No copyleft; keep your IP– Avoid patent license risk

• Freedom from errors – Enforce quality control– Push usability, docs, examples

• Freedom from stranding– Proactively develop to match

needs– Encourage latest technology, no

branches – Motivate features, usability,

quality, accessibility– Ensure vendor profitability

• Freedom from unbounded cost– Offer usable free product– Predictably & reasonably price

advanced product– Bound support costs– Eliminate runtimes



Freedom from Legal Strings

• prov·e·nance (prŏv’ Ə nƏns). n. – 1. Place of origin; derivation. – 2. The history of the ownership of an object, especially when

documented or authenticated.• in·dem·ni·fi·ca·tion (ĭn-dĕm’nƏ-fĭ-kāshƏn) n.

– 1. A compensation for loss.

• As pertains to OSS– What’s in this code?– Do I have the right to use it?– Who takes the risk?


Commercial Connext

Open Community SourceIncludes• Market Leading OMG DDS• Full Library Source Code• Linux and Windows Binaries

RTI DDS Not included• Development Tools• Additional Platforms• Commercial Warranty

Optional Support: /hour

• Routing Service• Adapter SDK• Example Adapters• Database Integration

+/Developer

RTI Connext Integrator• Admin Console• Monitor• Analyzer• Record/Replay

+/Developer

RTI Connext Tools Optional• Support: $/named user• Training: $/user

RTI Connext MessagingRTI Connext DDS

$1,000/Developer +/Developer

• RTI DDS Libraries• Basic tools & utilities• Platform Options• Commercial Terms

• Enterprise Communication Patterns

• Persistence Service• Secure & WAN Xports

RTI Connext Micro• Small footprint DDS $/Developer

RTI Connext Micro Cert• Evidence license per industry

stds +/Developer

All Prices Annual

All Products ROYALTY FREESource Code Included

Freedom from Surprise

Freedom From Failure

• Leverage hundreds of mission-critical successes• Deliver top performance• Bundle extensive tools• Aggressively support standards• Extend from edge to enterprise• Ensure scalability• Aggressively develop future technologies• Provide professional account & product management• Field top services team• Develop global support and delivery


Freedom From Loneliness


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About RTI

• Market Leader– Over 70% DDS mw market share1

– Largest embedded middleware vendor2

• Standards Leader– Active in 15 standards efforts– OMG Board of Directors– DDS prime authors

• Real-Time Pedigree– Founded by Stanford researchers– High-performance control, tools history

• Maturity Leader– 500+ designs– 350,000+ licensed copies– TRL 9 1Embedded Market Forecasters

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Global Support and Distribution

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What’s Important in a Model?

• Let you adopt without friction• Support healthy vendor with known cost• Encourage speculative vendor investment• Retain your IP control• Drive efficiency and low cost


Open Community Source Model

• Addresses real needs of customers– Free, current, supported base product– Powerful, low-friction upgrade– Clean, open licensing– Clean, open pricing

• Addresses real needs of your vendor– Encourages investment in product– Supports strong relationship

• Open Source 2.0?– Not really. But is it better?


No open source projects were harmed in the making of this webinar.

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