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10 Business Sectors where BOLD Open Source Platforms have an Impact

Open source activities involve co-creation, collaboration and transparency

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The term ‘open source’ refers to much more than just being able to use free software. In a nutshell, Open Source Software (OSS) is crowdsourcing applied to software development. The term originated when early software developers collaborated to learn from and with each other to create computer programs. OSS makes the coding publicly accessible for anyone to modify and improve on it, on condition that they continue to leave it available to share for free. Today, the term “open source” designates a wider set of values — referred to as “the open source way.”

Open source projects, platforms, products or initiatives are therefore based on principles of co-creation, collaboration and transparency, enabling rapid prototyping, meritocracy (as in users flow to the best ones, unconcerned about non-existent costs), and community-oriented development. In this article we take a look at ten business sectors where open source platforms are having a significant impact.

This article was first published by Crowdsourcing Week and you can read it in full at https://crowdsourcingweek.com/blog/10-business-sectors-where-top-open-source-platforms-have-an-impact/

Clive Reffell

Clive Reffell

Clive has worked with Crowdsourcing Week to source, create and publish content since May 2016. With knowledge and experience gained in a 30+ year marketing career based in London, UK, he helps SMEs and startups to run successful crowdfunding projects, and provides support across wider marketing issues.

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