Comments on: Open Season – selections on a theme of openness http://quixoticquisling.com/2009/06/open-season-selections-on-a-theme-of-openness/ Mon, 14 May 2012 20:24:41 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Stuff worth reading about openness | Quixotic Quisling http://quixoticquisling.com/2009/06/open-season-selections-on-a-theme-of-openness/comment-page-1/#comment-7897 Stuff worth reading about openness | Quixotic Quisling Tue, 17 Nov 2009 21:18:06 +0000 http://quixoticquisling.com/?p=530#comment-7897 [...] wrote about it here in June 2009. Just mentioning it again as some of the recent articles I’ve read have been [...] [...] wrote about it here in June 2009. Just mentioning it again as some of the recent articles I’ve read have been [...]

]]> By: Judith http://quixoticquisling.com/2009/06/open-season-selections-on-a-theme-of-openness/comment-page-1/#comment-2363 Judith Wed, 01 Jul 2009 17:25:14 +0000 http://quixoticquisling.com/?p=530#comment-2363 Unlocked, unlatched so watch where your going. Unsecured, loose, unzipped en definitely not done up. Unsheltered, vulnerable and exposed to abuse. Open. Unlocked, unlatched so watch where your going.
Unsecured, loose, unzipped en definitely not done up.
Unsheltered, vulnerable and exposed to abuse.

Open.

]]> By: Mei http://quixoticquisling.com/2009/06/open-season-selections-on-a-theme-of-openness/comment-page-1/#comment-2249 Mei Tue, 23 Jun 2009 08:52:51 +0000 http://quixoticquisling.com/?p=530#comment-2249 "A car doesn’t have source code." In a strong sense the plans and design documents from which it's made _are_ its source code. Anyone with the means to compile (manufacture) the car can take those docs and build the exact same car. There are plenty of open source hardware projects around http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_hardware Other than that you're right, 'open' is usually an analogy and a frequently deceptive one at that, companies claiming to be open in some vague way that's supposed to make us like them. “A car doesn’t have source code.”

In a strong sense the plans and design documents from which it’s made _are_ its source code. Anyone with the means to compile (manufacture) the car can take those docs and build the exact same car. There are plenty of open source hardware projects around http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_hardware

Other than that you’re right, ‘open’ is usually an analogy and a frequently deceptive one at that, companies claiming to be open in some vague way that’s supposed to make us like them.

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