10 Leading OSS innovators

Free Software was proposed by Stallman to primarily protect the user’s right to the source code. He must not have realized the power of peer review back then. Most companies consider source code as intellectual property and miss out on the major gains of open source like peer review and instant popularity. Dual Licensing is a model that keeps the source accessible to the user while charting out a way to earn with certain conditions. An interview with Michael Olson provides insights into how Sleepycat software earns its bread with such a small engineering and a smaller marketing team. You can read it here.
There are so many companies involved with Open Source software right now and are looking at serious earnings and are being backed by reputed investors. I came across this article on 10 leading OSS innovators. Please read it here.