There is a lot of discussion around how free and open source software (FOSS) can be used in a scalable business and what business models support using FOSS. This is often captured in questions about how one makes money when one gives the product away for free. Likewise there are concerns raised over how IPR rights in standards organizations need to be managed to enable FOSS implementations. A few definitions help tease apart the discussions so various paths through become apparent. For this discussion I’ll assume the actors are all well behaved, i.e. no plagiarists, submarines, or trolls.
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