Keynote remarks by Prof. Brian Fitzgerald.

Despite the paradox of open source software – high quality software that is freely available – the success of the open source model has been staggering over the past 25 years, to the extent that estimates suggest 96% of commercial software packages today include open source software components. This success has spurred interest in other open phenomena – open data, open science and open innovation, for example. This talk will consider the history of open source and will consider factors which led to this success. Also, as open source has matured beyond the teenage years, it faces a different context, one which surfaces new challenges.

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