02 — Capability · BC-1280.10
Open Source Strategy & Licensing
Decide what the company open sources and why, choose licenses that match that intent, and keep the open core and the commercial product honest with each other.
- Open Source Policy
- License Selection
- Open Core Strategy
In scope
- Criteria for what is released and under which license
- Open core boundaries between free and paid
- Trademark and brand use for projects
Out of scope
- Product packaging and pricing decisions (see BC-470)
Decomposes into · 3
- BC-1280.10.10Release Decision & ApprovalAssess a candidate project for strategic fit, legal exposure and maintenance commitment before it is published.
- BC-1280.10.20Outbound License SelectionPick the license each project ships under, and the contributor agreement if one is needed, with reasons that will survive a change of strategy.
- BC-1280.10.30Open Core BoundaryState clearly which capabilities stay open and which are commercial, and apply that line consistently as features arrive.