b2bsoftwaredays 2025: Open Source 101 workshop

The Open Source 101 event series offers a comprehensive overview of open source software and its importance for companies. After a brief introduction by the organizers (VBA, OSSBIG, Open Cities), key topics will be covered, including the legal foundations and strategic objectives of open source licenses, governance models in open source communities and their influence on innovation and competitiveness.

What You’ll Learn:

Open Source Licenses, Their Core Characteristics, Strategic Goals, and Legal Basis
Open Source Communities, Their Governance Models and Abilities to Contribute
What Open Source Means for Business Innovation and Competitiveness
Agenda:
15:30
Welcome and introduction
15:35
Open Source Licenses, Their Core Characteristics, Strategic Goals, and Legal Basis, Georg Hahn, OSSBIG

16:00
What Open Source Means for Business Innovation and Competitiveness, Michael Schwantzer, Aleksandar Vrglevski; Vienna Business Agency

16:25
What Open Source Means for Business Innovation and Competitiveness, Open Cities (TBC)

16:50
Conclusion & Farewell

Please register here: https://2025.b2bsoftwaredays.c…