The Open Source Movement
- Gaston Wong
- Jul 22, 2020
- 2 min read
Updated: Aug 6, 2020
As I near the end of my education with the BBA, Marketing program at KPU, I have been tasked to develop an Integrated Marketing Communications (IMC) Open Source Textbook for my capstone project. To be frank, other than writing the usual business essays and analyzing case studies for my instructors, I have no prior experience or knowledge in writing a blog much less, developing a textbook.
So how do I start?
I'm going to need to develop a better understanding of The Open Source Movement.
What is The Open Source Movement?
Why is it important?
After several hours of scouring through the web, this is my interpretation of the Open Source Movement.
The open-source movement is a movement that seeks to provide every individual with the opportunity to discuss, build, and share content in a collaborative environment. This movement supports the ideology of completely open and transparent governance. Anyone is permitted to use and modify material that is deemed open source as long as they credit the original author’s and follow the rules as detailed on the license. Through open-source, content can cultivate in a community that supports keen individuals that wish to become contributors to the original material or use the edited work as a platform to create a solution to satisfy their needs.
Open source content is commonly built, modified, and improved by several authors to ensure the free content is continuously evolving. Some of the most commonly used operating systems and software are advocates for open source development. To name a few, Linux, Android, and WordPress are open source and continue to grow from all the feedback of contributors from around the world.
Now, I'm still not an expert on this movement as this is relatively new information for me. However, I do understand the importance of providing open-source information to everyone.
I will continue to blog my experience, learning insights, and challenges that I will face during this project.
If you like to follow my journey with the IMC Open Source capstone project, click on the links below.
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Attribution
The content in this blog post comes from:
Android. (n.d.). About the Android Open Source Project. Retrieved May 2020, from Android: https://source.android.com/
Chalmers, R. (2012, October 28). Explainer: what is the open movement? Retrieved from The Conversation: https://theconversation.com/explainer-what-is-the-open-movement-10308
Open Knowledge Foundation. (n.d.). Open movement. Retrieved May 2020, from Open Data Handbook: https://opendatahandbook.org/glossary/en/terms/open-movement/
Open Source. (n.d.). What is Linux? Retrieved May 2020, from Open Source: https://opensource.com/resources/linux
P2PF Wiki. (2008, July 24). Open Movement. Retrieved from P2PF Wiki: http://wiki.p2pfoundation.net/Open_Movement
Wikipedia. (n.d.). Open-source-software movement. Retrieved May 2020, from Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open-source-software_movement
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