Sent: Tuesday, June 15, 2004 10:08 AM From: Wayne Wilson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >"It seems the time has come to devise a new, broader term than open source , to refer to distributed, internet-based collaboration. Mr Benkler calls it non-proprietary peer-production of information-embedding goods. Surely someone, somewhere can propose something snappier."
I believe that a broader term has been in existence for some time, it just hasn't been recognized. I believe that "open source" indicates a point-in-time product; which gets updated over several points-in-time. The process of creating useful "open source" software and other open collaborative ventures could be better referenced by the term "open project". Sourceforge.org and most other "open source" download sites call their knowledge bases "projects" as in "open [source] projects" in which anyone can contribute. Siobhan O'Mahony and Fabrizio Ferrao recently published an interesting study on the development and management of Debian called "Managing the boundary of an 'open' project. http://www.iese.edu/research/pdfs/DI-0537-E.pdf THE OPEN PROJECT PUBLIC LICENSE (OPPL) VERISON 1.0 http://nextco.net/~matti/awaiting_approval.htm Critics of ODP have questioned the propriety of ODP having private editor forums in what is purportedly an open project, as both Go and Zeal have always allowed public access to their forum discussions. However, the defenders of ODP's private forums assert that such forums are necessary for the discussion of matters that are internal to ODP. Even so, some of these private forum discussions have been published outside of ODP after being forwarded to ODP's critics by anonymous ODP insiders. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_Directory_Project There are three essential characteristics of the Wikipedia project, which together define its niche on the World Wide Web: It is, or aims to become, primarily an encyclopedia. It is a wiki, in that (with a few exceptions) it can be edited by anyone. It is open content, and uses the copyleft GNU Free Documentation License. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia Sincerely yours, Tim Tim Flewelling Information Architect/Architecte de l'informatique Health and Wellness/Sant� et Mieux-�tre Government of New Brunswick/Gouvernement du Nouveau Brunswick Tel (506) 453-2871 Fax (506) 444-5505 [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://app.infoaa.7700.gnb.ca/gnb/pub/DetailPersonEng1.asp?RecordID=17800 Confidentialit�/Confidentiality: Le contenu de cet envoi, privil�gi� et confidentiel, ne s'adresse qu'au(x) destinataire(s) indiqu�(s) ci-dessus. Il est interdit par toute autre personne, de le divulguer, le communiquer ou le reproduire. Si vous avez re�u cet envoi par erreur, veuillez en aviser l'exp�diteur imm�diatement et supprimer le message de tout ordinateur. / The content of this e-mail is privileged and confidential and intended solely for its designated recipient(s). Any dissemination, distribution or copying of this material, other than by its intended recipient(s), is strictly prohibited. If you have received this message in error, please contact the sender and delete the material from any computer.
