On Feb 21, 3:05 pm, Alex Hough <[email protected]> wrote: > error alert !!! the above has a bit in the wrong place.
heh, :) > I've had discussion about ideas with a few innovation academics: the > think i am on another planet when i tell them the Tiddly IP is owned > by a charity. They don't believe me when I tell them about the TW > project. > > Is it common for Open Source projects? The model of an open source project belonging to a not-for-profit organisation as opposed to an individual is very boring and highly conventional: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_Software_Foundation http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apache_Software_Foundation http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mozilla_Foundation http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eclipse_Foundation http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Symbian_Foundation http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Perl_Foundation http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Python_Software_Foundation http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OpenBSD_Foundation http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OpenOffice.org http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_Source_Applications_Foundation http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_Source_Development_Labs http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X.Org_Foundation http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linux_Foundation http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_Invention_Network etc, etc .. > Is it common in R&D in companies like BT? I think BT and Osmosoft are pretty innovative in how they have chosen to undertake "Open Source Innovation" through Osmosoft, however other companies are also undertaking similar approaches, sometimes under the banner of "open innovation": http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_innovation I'd point out this is not the only way BT fosters innovation and uses other models of collaboration with academia, other companies, and organisations. Jeremy wrote a nice explanation of Osmosoft's raison d'être: http://jermolene.com/2008/08/13/what-is-the-point-of-osmosoft/ Osmosoft is but a tiny part of BT Design, whose Managing Director, JP Rangaswami: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JP_Rangaswami is a thought leader in the value of "open": http://confusedofcalcutta.com/ Best, Paul (psd) -- http://blog.whatfettle.com --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TiddlyWiki" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/TiddlyWiki?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
