Open-Source Business Plans?

bigattichouse asks: "I've been working on a business plan lately, sort of a 'If I ever get out of computing' fantasy. Its simple, a bakery. But since I *know* I'm not going to do anything with it, I thought it would be interesting to create a GPL equivalent.. a plan, logos, recipes, methods that anyone could use to start their own bakery/delivery service under a GPL/Copyleft sort of arrangement. I image there are a LOT of potential entreprenuers who might benefit from a 'Free/Open' franchise looking at the market. Has anyone done something like this?"

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Open source business plan

[Anonymous Coward]

1) release free software
2) run out of money, bescause you have no income
3) ???
4) move back into parents basement
5) profit!

Bakery? Why not a brewery!!

[zcat_NZ]

One thing I've always wanted to do, but never got around to doing, is to develop a fairly decent homebrew recipe and release it under the GPL.

Just to totally confuse RMS's "free as in beer" analogy.

Re:People would be grateful

[SkunkPussy]

"Especially if such a project would show them how to handle paperwork or to deal with the local administration. It may not be _that_ much of a problem in the US, but e.g. in Germany the bureaucracy is really overwhelming."

I think the bureaucracy in Germany is pretty formidable, particularly the way they regulate the size of your TP!

Re:Market Saturation

[stienman]

Then again, I live in NYC and I've seen two starbucks on opposite corners staring at each other, and they're both busy.

Their business plan consists mainly of:
* Pay city of New York to change pedestrian crossing times and patterns such that it takes 20 minutes to travel kitty corner.

-Adam