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| − | [[w:Open source|Open source]] is a set of principles and practices that promote access to the design and production of goods and knowledge. The term is most commonly applied to the [[w:source code|source code]] of software that is available to the general public with relaxed or non-existent [[w:intellectual property|intellectual property]] restrictions. This allows [[w:user generated content|users to create software content]] through incremental individual effort or through [[w:collaboration|collaboration]]. | + | #redirect [[Open Source]] |
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| − | The word "open" in the phrase "open source" means much more than simply making the source-code available to the public. It involves describing the processes involved in collaborating on the source and in implementing and using the end product. When it comes to "open source business", the "source code" means the ''business system'' and requires a complete definition of all operations of the business and must include the ability to collaborate on that system and must allow interested parties to implement and use the same system themselves.
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| − | == See also ==
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| − | *[http://www.ofbyandfor.org/node/view/610 What's Wrong With Politics and Can Technology Do Anything To Fix It?]
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| − | *[http://www.paulgraham.com/opensource.html What business can learn from Open Source]
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| − | *[http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/10753 Open Source Democracy]
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| − | [[Category:Philosophy]][[Category:OD2]]
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