Open-Source Business Plans?

Posted by Cliff on Monday May 17, 2004 @08:14PM from the a-boon-or-a-loss-of-a-competitive-edge dept.

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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People would be grateful by Korpo · 2004-05-17 20:32 · Score: 3, Informative

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.

How would you handle the openness? GPL-ish? (Every sub-franchise gets the whole deal) Or BSD-ish? (You may keep some of your secrets)