Open Source and the Meshed Society

Keynote address at SFSCon 2012 in Bolzano, Italy

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1. Smart Innovation in a Meshed Society The Power Of Open Source Simon Phipps President The Open Source Initiative November 16, 2012
3. The Topology of Society
7. The Topology of Society Peers & Princes Production Lines Peer Production
8. How are we connected?
12. How are we connected? Local Community Communication Chains Globally Peer-Connected
13. What does business mean?
18. What Does Business Mean? Direct Trading Distribution & Control Points Meshed Engagement
19. Smart Innovation
23. Software Freedom Enables Innovation Ultimate Flexibility: • Use • Modify • Change • Share • ... All without needing permission
24. Open Source's Real Value • Start where others reached • Stay in control of your own resources • Share upkeep of your innovation • Influence global ecosystems • All derived from software freedom • Powering Smart Innovation
25. Thank-you! Join OSI today at http://opensource.org/join All text and images the original work of Simon Phipps, http://webmink.com simon@webmink.com (c) 2012, Simon Phipps, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0 Meshed Insight & Knowledge