"We have actually changed the way that innovation happens. *Innovation has gone public.* Many companies, institutions, and individuals share innovation on a daily basis, entirely in the open, through Free Software development communities. The products they produce are the leaders in their field. Public innovation eliminates the high transaction costs of lawyers, lawsuits and licensing. It focuses on building a fertile community *across the market * for idea creation and utilization rather than dividing the market for the direct monetization of ideas as property. This is the economically most efficient approach for most companies."
http://perens.com/works/articles/State8Feb2008/ This is the setting for collaborations between projects such as DHIS 2 and OpenMRS. Knut
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