Open source revolution

By John Locke on April 20, 2005

Over in the UK, some people are noticing how the Open Source approach might be applied to completely different fields. Geoff Mulgan writes:

"As has happened with the web - those cities, organisations and nations that move fastest to embrace open methods are likely to benefit in all sorts of ways - economic, social and cultural. There is also a deep political and moral imperative to make the most of open methods since they are one of the most important ways to make a reality of such much-abused words as 'empowerment'."

Open source revolution | eGov monitor. A full 77-page PDF report is available here.

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