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'''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 [[source code]] of [[software]] that is available to the general public with relaxed or non-existent [[intellectual property]] restrictions. This allows [[user generated content|users to create software content]] through incremental individual effort or through [[collaboration]].

'''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 [[source code]] of [[software]] that is available to the general public with relaxed or non-existent [[intellectual property]] restrictions. This allows [[user generated content|users to create software content]] through incremental individual effort or through [[collaboration]].

==External links==

==External links==

*[http://www.benkler.org/CoasesPenguin.PDF Benkler, Yochai, “Coase's Penguin, or, Linux and The Nature of the Firm. Yale Law Journal 112.3 (Dec 2002): p367(78)] (in Adobe [[Portable Document Format|pdf]] format)

*[http://www.benkler.org/CoasesPenguin.PDF Benkler, Yochai, “Coase's Penguin, or, Linux and The Nature of the Firm. Yale Law Journal 112.3 (Dec 2002): p367(78)] (in Adobe [[Portable Document Format|pdf]] format)

*[http://economist.com/displaystory.cfm?story_id=E1_NSNQQND An open-source shot in the arm?] [[The Economist]], Jun 10th 2004,  

*[http://economist.com/displaystory.cfm?story_id=E1_NSNQQND An open-source shot in the arm?] [[The Economist]], Jun 10th 2004,  

[[Category: General Reference]]

[[Category: General Reference]]