Report: the state of commercial open source

The Linux Foundation, in cooperation with a couple of other groups, has announcedthe publication on the intersection of businesses and commercialopen-source software (deemed "COSS"). Everything, it seems, is great, andCOSS companies make a lot of money for their investors.

Even more encouraging, COSS project communities continue alonghealthy growth paths after the company receives venture funding. Inessence, highly valued COSS companies tend to cultivate morevibrant, diverse, and integral open source ecosystems, reinforcingthe idea that business value and community value are tightlycoupled in successful COSS models.