Aarde/open source

Core intentions to make everything open source are:

• to foster innovation to happen elsewhere
• to avoid lock-in and monopolization
• to credit individual contributors
• to encourage longevity and resilience
• to establish a moderate truck number and collective ownership
• to contribute to the gift-economy
• to operate out of abundance rather than scarcity

Inspirational sources on open source

• Innovation Happens Elsewhere—Open Source as Business Strategy, a comprehensive book by Ron Goldman and Richard P. Gabriel. A book intended for anyone considering using Open Source. It describes what open source is, discusses business reasons for using open source, and describes how an open source project works in a day-to-day manner. It will help you decide on whether open source is right for your project, and, if so, what steps you should take to proceed and some mistakes you should avoid.
  Dreamsongs, 2005

• How the Open Source Movement Has Changed Education: 10 Success Stories—A story about how open source has changed education. The article goes well beyond open source to highlight open source-inspired or open source-esque projects like Project Gutenberg, MIT's OpenCourseWare work, Wikipedia, and others.
  OEDb, 2007-03-01