“We should probably figure out a new word for this. For us, "open" means transparent, as in "open source" - you're not locked in to what the original creator did. And in our case "open" also means distributed decision making.” ShouldMeanDecisionCasesFiguresSourceOriginalsCreatorDecision MakingLockedTransparentOpen SourceNew Words Author:Mitchell Baker
“Our sense of "open" is that the authority to make decisions about that gets distributed based on merit and understanding and participation and leadership, not solely on employment or a title or a business plan. Technical colleagues will define "open" as "open standards," "interoperable" - you can find it, search it, cut and paste it, view source, mix and match - all those things that we associate with text on the Web, that you can continue to do that with audio and video and whatever's next.” NextUnderstandingDecisionViewsCuttingPlansSourceAuthorityStandardsVideoEmploymentTitlesMeritColleaguesParticipationAssociatesBusiness PlanAudio Author:Mitchell Baker
“We have a very active testing community which people don't often think about when you have open source.” PeopleThinkingCommunitySourceActiveTestingOpen Source Author:Mitchell Baker
“Many people think that open source projects are sort of chaotic and and anarchistic. They think that developers randomly throw code at the code base and see what sticks.” PeopleThinkingSourceProjectsSticksCodeChaoticDevelopersOpen Source Author:Mitchell Baker
