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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">Nick,<br>
For Open Source legal questions you will likely want to reach out
to:<br>
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Brendan Scott IT Law Open Source Law<br>
0414 339 227 <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.opensourcelaw.biz">http://www.opensourcelaw.biz</a><br>
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If you want guidance on setting up an Open Source strategy which
works in a business context, then I've been doing quite a bit of
consulting in that area. In particular, I've been helping agencies
answer numerous versions of this problem:<br>
<i><br>
</i><i>Collaboration in the Open Source sense involves
reciprocity, co-development, community building, meritocracy,
and do-ocracy. It is time consuming, imprecise, unreliable, hard
to manage, rarely addresses short term objectives, hard to
quantify in a business case, and rarely mentioned in acquisition
guides. And yet, in a digital economy, good collaborative
communities almost always out-innovate and out-compete closed or
centrally controlled initiatives. There are more people in the
rest of the world solving your problems than you can ever muster
in your own team.</i><br>
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Feel free to reach out if interested.<br>
Warm regards, <br>
<pre class="moz-signature" cols="72">Cameron Shorter, Software and Data Solutions Manager,
Jirotech Pty Ltd,
Suite 112, Jones Bay Wharf, 26 - 32 Pirrama Rd, Pyrmont NSW 2009
M +61 419 142 254
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On 30-Aug-17 9:59 AM, Nick Moore wrote:<br>
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<pre wrap="">Hi all,
Relaying this query on from another mailing list, has anyone got
recommendations for an Open Source knowledgeable Australian lawyer,
preferably in Melbourne?
Specific request is: "Need some commercial licensing advice, and a
bit of opensource advice so we have a clear view internally and
grant our customers the correct "usage guidelines". Thought poeple
who actually understand opensource licensing would be helpful as we
and our customers use it a lot."
cheers,
Nick
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