Open Source and Collaboration

A presentation for high level changemakers on the subtleties of open source, proprietary, collaborative, competitive, and and why clarity on the distinctions is critical for furthering societal progress.

Issue: Development on earth is proprietary and competitive as a general rule. Many people with an outward intent of collaboration don't recognize how various non-open source license prevent true collaboration from happening. This presentation is intended to shed light on a path to true, collaborative development.

1. Definition - of open source, and why most people don't understand it
2. Collaboration - where it REALLY happens and why in most places it doesn't
3. Proliferation of licenses
4. Incentive challenges for non-cooperation - case study of HeroX
5. Collaborative vs open - they are typically exclusive in most use cases
6. Steps for open collaboration and a transition to a collaborative economy