[Commons-Law] Open source history - reply to Martin

[jaynakothari at justice.com]

Dear Martin,

As Dev said, there is a lot of literature available on
the use of open source methodologies beyond software
such as collective invention for the invention of
industrial technology, scientific research and even
design. Some of the articles i have come across are as
follows: 


M Osterloh and S Rota ‘Open Source Software Development
– Just Another case of Collective Invention?’ [March
2004] 
Available at http://ssrn.com/abstract=561744

P Chandavarkar ‘Crafting the Public Realm: Speculations
on the Potential of Open Source Methodologies in
Development by Design’ 
Available at
http://www.thinkcycle.org/tc-papers/?paper_id=37458&show_full=1

R C Allen ‘Collective Invention’ Vol. 4(1) Journal of
Economic Behaviour and Organisation 1-24

Also, I have been working on a paper on advocating the
use of open source methodology for design and art for a
conference in March, and so I have also been
researching on this issue quite actively.

cheers,
Jayna



On Wed, 16 Feb 2005 17:14:17 +0000 (GMT), Dev Gangjee
wrote:

> 
> Dear Martin
> 
> This is probably the first of many responses but the
> work I'm familiar with
> concerns collective innovation in opposition to the
> patent system.
> 
> The example that crops up often in the literature is
> the collective innovation
> practises regarding the Cornish Steam Engine around
the
> time James Watt was
> going down the patent route.
> A good start would be -
> Inventing the Industrial Revolution: the English
Patent
> System, 1660-1800 
> By Christine MacLeod
> 
> See also 
> Collective Invention during the British Industrial
> Revolution:
> The Case of the Cornish Pumping Engine
> by Alessandro Nuvolari (Eindhoven Centre for
Innovation
> Studies)
> at
>
<http://www.researchoninnovation.org/tiip/archive/2003_1_c.htm>
> 
> 'Openness' is beginning to be more readily
acknowledged
> by industries
> ranging from publishing [open access electronic
> journals] to biotechnology
> [publishing genetic information freely on the web,
> often reflecting the scientific ethos of exchanging
> information but also to put material out
> in the public domain and stop competitors from
> patenting it]
> 
> I know some people on this list have been working on
> aspects of this for a while, so I'm sure there's more
> to follow...
> 
> Warm regards
> 
> Dev
> 
> 
> >    1. open source history? (martin pichlmair)
> 
> > 
> > my question to the list is:
> > does anybody on this list have knowledge about
> historic (or maybe even  
> > contemporary) examples of open source code beyond
> software?
> > 
> > any help, tips, directions are welcome.
> > 
> > lg
> > martin
> > 
> > 
> >
>
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