New Applications of Open Source Ideals


By Cyrus J. Farivar


University of California, Berkeley
October 22, 2001

I. What is Open Source?

  1. Open Source definition: free distribution, derived works credit to author
  2. Players, history
  3. Licences like the GPL, etc
II. Important examples of Open Source

  1. Linux
  2. Bind, sendmail, DNS

III. Now being applied in new ways

  1. OpenLaw - http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/
  2. LRI Managment Services, Inc - http://www.lrims.com/
  3. Open Music Registry - http://openmusicregistry.org
  4. Project Gutenberg - http://www.gutenberg.net/
  5. DMOZ - http://www.dmoz.org
  6. Nupedia - http://www.nupedia.org
  7. Wizards of the Coast, Open Gaming Licence - http://www.wizards.com/D20

IV. Closest ideal to a Democracy

  1. Open Democracy ?

V. New applications?

  1. Open Theology ?

Please also see my related paper, The Political Implications of Open Source Software.