Engaging with Open Innovation
This research is provided to help explore issues around Open Innovation. With the exception of highlighted items, the linked material has not been peer reviewed and is not endorsed by OFA or its Fellows. It also does not neccesarily reflect the views of OFA or its members.
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Featured Research
- OFA held its first conference for the think-tank Fellows in late September 2012. This event marked the first time that a broad range of thinkers in Open Innovation met to consider their field in the context of economics, society and global affairs, and was accompanied by the launch of the first book of collected essays from the participants. Learn more >
- OFE's annual public procurement monitoring of notices for computer software published on Tenders Electronic Daily results point that non-discrimination on public procurement processes has barely improved from 2008 exercise.
- The report from Deloitte argues that providing data to the public will bring four main benefits.
- Open-source software products provide access to the source code [or basic instructions] in addition to executable programs, and allow for this source code to be modified and redistributed. This is a rarity in an industry where software makers zealously guard the source code as intellectual property.
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Research Related to Open Innovation
Introductions to the Field
- An Overview from Wikipedia
- "New shapes and new stakes: a portrait of open innovation as a promising phenomenon"
Approaches to more collaborative research
- Fellow Research: Developing and implementing an institute-wide data sharing policy
- Fellow Research: Prepublication data sharing
- Fellow Research: Post-publication sharing of data and tools
Illustrative examples in specific fields
- Fellow Research: A new trade framework for global healthcare R&D
- Fellow Research: The Big Idea: Prizes to Stimulate R&D for New Medicines
- Eclipse Open Innovation Networks
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Research Related to Open Standards
- Consortium Info Metalibrary
- The Standards <Meta>Library from Consortium Info provides links to almost 1,900 articles relevant to the field of standards. Many of the links below were obtained via this resource.
Introductions to the Field
- Fellow Research: Analysis on balance: Standardisation and Patents, Georg Greve
- Fellow Research: The Sentinel Principle, Simon Phipps
- Open Standards, Open Source, David A. Wheeler
- Open Source vs. Open Standard, Robert S. Sutor, IBM
- Perspective: Open source versus open standards, Jonathan Schwartz, Sun Microsystems
- Open Standards Principles and Practice, Bruce Perens
- Open Standards Definition (FSFE)
- Open Standards Requirement for Software (OSI) [Rationale]
- Definition of an Open Standard (Sun Microsystems)
Economic Analysis
- Open Standards, Open Source, and Open Innovation, Elliot Maxwell
- The Importance of Standards to Network Access Control (Juniper Networks)
- Competition Concerns When Patients are Incorporated Into Collaboratively Set Standards (U.S. Department of Justice)
- The Road To Open Document Standards, Per Anderson
- Convergence and oscillation in standardization games, Emmanuelle Auriol and Michel Benaim
- Building Economic Strength and Social Benefit: Openness as Collaborative Advantage, Sherrie Bolin
- Storage Systems Interoperability and Standards-Based Implementation: What are the Strategy and Economic Impacts?, Ramaiya Balachandra
- Geospatial Interoperability Return on Investment Study (Booz, Allen, Hamilton)
Governmental / Social Engagement
- Fellow Research: Enabling Open Government for All, Andy Updegrove
- Fellow Research: How Open Must an Open Government Platform be?, Andy Updegrove
- Fellow Research: The Role of Government in ICT Standardization, Andy Updegrove
- Fellow Research: Open Standards and Global Politics, Laura DeNardis
- Fellow Research: Opening Standards: the Global Politics of Interoperability, Laura DeNardis
- Fellow Research: Sovereign Software - Open Standards, Free Software, and the Internet, Georg Greve
- Government at the Standard Bazaar, Stacy Baird
- Domestic vs. International Open Source Legislation and Why it Exists, Nikita Anderson, Amicia Elliott and Joe McNamee
- Modernising ICT Standardisation in the EU - The Way Forward (Commision of the European Communities)
- Role of Standards - A Guide for Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises (United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UIDO))
- Building Economic Strength and Social Benefit: Openness as Collaborative Advantage, Sherrie Bolin
- The Influence of Innovation and Standardisation on the Macroeconomic Development in Germany, Knut Blind and Hariolf Grupp and Andre Jungmittag
- The Roles of Standardization, Certification and Assurance Services in Global Commerce, Margaret M. Blair, Cynthia A. Williams and Li-Wen Lin
Legislation and Regulation
- Fellow Research: Considerations on Innovation and Competition Policy, Georg Greve
- Fellow Research: eGovernment Policies for Interoperability and Open Standards, Laura DeNardis
- The Netherlands in OpenConnection: An action plan for the use of OpenStandards and Open Source Software in the public and semi-public sector (Ministry of Economic Affairs (Netherlands))
- Intellectual Property and Standards in Brazil, Denis Barbosa
- Recent Patent Case Law Affecting Technical Standards, Marc Block
- Open Government Architecture: The evolution of De Jure Standards, Consortium Standards, and Open Source Software, François Coallier and Robert Gérin-Lajoie
- Are the Standards Changing for Standard-Setting? Antitrust Issues in Standard-Setting and High-Tech Cases, Gregg Costa
Best Practices
- Fellow Research: On the implications of competing standards, Tineke M. Egyedi
- Fellow Research: Standards and Sustainable Infrastructures: Matching Compatibility Strategies with System Flexibility Objectives, Tineke M. Egyedi
- A Technology Infrastructure for Standards Consortia, Kavi Corporation
- Roadmap for Open ICT Ecosystems, Jeff Kaplan
- The Importance of Going "Open" (Open Geospatial Consortium)
- Evaluation of Ten Standard Setting Organizations with Regard to Open Standards, Per Anderson
- An Overview of the Public Policy Impact on Standards Development, John W. Bagby
Case Studies
Technical Process
- Evolving Technologies and Standardization, Luis Cabral and David Salant
- Standards Development Strategies Under Incomplete Information, Paul A. David and Hunter K. Monroe
- Open-Standard Development Environment for IBM System z9 Host Firmware, Christine Axnix, Torsten Hendel, Stefan Usenbinz and Michael Mueller (subscription required)
- The Case for Formal Methods in Standards, David Blyth, Cornelia Boldyreff, Clive Ruggles and Nik Tetteh-Lartey (subscription required)
- Standards and Standards Development: The Development of Digital Records Conversion Process, Nancy Kunde
Legal Issues
- Patents in Technical Standards (WIPO)
- Why RAND is Not Appropriate for Internet Open Standards (Cover Pages)
- Antitrust and Intellectual Property Law: From Adversaries to Partners, Sheila F Anthony
- Barriers to Innovation: Intellectual Property Transaction Costs in Scientific Collaboration, Megan Baca
- Intellectual Property Rights, Strategic Technology Agreements And Market Structure. The Case Of GSM. Rudi Bekkers, Geert Duysters and Bart Verspagen
Procurement
- OFA Research: To Select or Not? - Dealing with Competing Standards in Public IT Procurement, Tineke M. Egyedi
- Referencing International Standards in Government Procurement (ISEAL Alliance)
- Standards and Competitiveness - Coordinating for Results (U.S Department of Commerce)
- Open Standards Principles: For Software Interoperability, Data and Document Formats in Government IT Specifications (UK Cabinet Office)
- The Role of Consortia Standards in Federal Government Procurements in the Information Technology Sector: Towards a Re-definition of a Voluntary Consensus Standards Organization, Carl Cargill
- Protocols for Government Procurement of Software Assets (Initiative for Software Choice)
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Research Related to Free/Open Source Software (FOSS)
Introductions to the Field
- Fellow Research: A Concise Introduction to Free and Open Source Software, Andy Updegrove
- What is software licensing?
- The Free Software Definition
- The Open Source Definition (annotated)
- Understanding Open Source Software
- Why Open Source Software / Free Software
- What is Copyleft?
- Open Source Software / Free Software (OSS/FS) References
- Free/Libre Open Source Software: a guide for SMEs (PDF version)
Economic Analysis
- IDC: Linux-Related Spending Could Top $49B by 2011
- Gartner: 85 percent of companies using open source
- Gartner: 80% of commercial apps to use open source by 2012
- The impact of Free/Libre/Open Source Software on innovation and competitiveness of the European Union
- The Emerging Economic Paradigm of Open Source
- The Economic Motivation of Open Source Software: Stakeholder Perspectives
Business Case Studies
Governmental / Social Case Studies
Code Governance
- Fellow Research: The International Free and Open Source Software Law Book, edited by Shane Coughlan et al
- Fellow Research: The Open-By-Rule Benchmark, Simon Phipps
- Gartner says companies need a FOSS policy
- FOSS Governance Fundamentals [PDF]
- How to Evaluate Open Source Software / Free Software
- FOSS Governance Maturity Self Assessment Survey
- Categories of Free and Non-Free Software
- A legal issues primer for Open Source and Free Software projects
- Open Source Licensing [freely available book by ex-General Counsel of OSI]
- The Touchier Points of Determining the License of an Open Source Project
- Frequently Asked Questions about the GNU Licenses
- From Policy to Process: Best Practices for Creating an Open Source Governance Process
- U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) Clarifying Guidance Regarding Open Source Software (OSS) [Notes on the memo from D. A. Wheeler]
- Generally Recognized as Mature (GRAM) OSS/FS programs
Mixing Code
- A list of popular FOSS licenses and their compatibility with GPLv2 or v3
- FSF's GPL license family compatibility matrix
- The Free-Libre / Open Source Software (FLOSS) License Slide
- Maintaining Permissive-Licensed Files in a GPL-Licensed Project: Guidelines for Developers
- An Analysis of the Eclipse Public License (version 1.0) and GNU General Public License (version 2.0) and the Interaction of Works Licensed Thereunder [PDF]
- MySQL FOSS License Exception to allow incompatible code to be mixed
- Licensing and Packaging for Virtual Appliances [PDF]
Releasing Code
Issue Prevention and Resolution
- Fellow Research: Introducing The Risk Grid, Shane Coughlan and Andrew Katz
- Fellow Research: FOSS license compliance in the consumer electronics market, Shane Coughlan and Armijn Hemel
- Practical guide to GPL compliance
- Useful GPLv2 compliance tips for vendors
- Reporting and fixing violations
- Reporting violations of GNU licenses
- How gpl-violations.org discovers license violations in embedded products [PDF]
Community Interaction
Software Patents
- The Most Important Software Innovations
- On FOSS, IP Laws, and Expanding Legal Choices
- A New Paradigm For Intellectual Property Rights In Software
- IBM Pledges Not To Use Patents Against Linux
- Patent license agreement to encourage innovation in FOSS [Rationale]
- Community patent review: Peer to Patent
- Japanese Patent Office pilot of Peer to Patent [PDF]
- Red Hat Makes History With Patent Settlement - Compatible with GPLv3
- Software patents under the European Patent Convention
- Federal Supreme Court Rules in Orange Book Standard (Germany)
Marketing
Philosophy and Politics
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Research related to Open Clouds
Introductions to the Field
- Fellow Research: Managing Cloud Risks, Simon Phipps
- Cloud openness contemplated
- Enterprise users feel openness in the cloud is important
- A riff on cloud openness and business model sustainability
- Thoughts on Cloud & Openness - or - how to avoid professional suicide ...
- The Varieties of Openness Worth Wanting in the Cloud
- State of the Open Source Cloud
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Research related to Open Access
Introductions to the Field
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Global Resources
Japan
- Fellow Research: The Emerging Global Consensus Around License Compliance, Shane Coughlan (Japanese)
- The Linux Foundation Japan outreach homepage (Japanese)
Korea
Taiwan- The Open Source Software Foundry news page (Traditional Chinese)
- The Open Source Software Foundry law and licensing page (Traditional Chinese)
- The Open Source Software Foundry law and licensing page (English)
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