"Open source" began as a way to describe software source code and the collaborative model for how it's developed. Red Hat used this model for developing technology and built a business model around open source and its principles: Openness. Transparency. Collaboration. Diversity. Rapid prototyping. Now the open source way is more than a development model; it defines the characteristics of a culture.
Opensource.com is a place where we can explore that culture and what happens when open source principles are applied outside of software. What problems can we solve? How would it affect the way we learn? Work? Run our governments? Could it improve our health and our lives? Open source offers a new perspective. Open, not closed. Collaboration, not isolation. Knowledge. Effort. Inspiration. Creativity. Innovation. The impact is exponential.