http://www.futuregov.asia/articles/2013/apr/29/open-source-default/
"He noted that for the past couple of years, Open Source software has
been helping public sector organisations become more innovative, more
agile and more cost-effective by building on the collaborative efforts
of Open Source communities.
The National Security Agency, for example, has used open source to reduce the cost of its high-security systems to drive better security. Similarly, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
— a relatively new agency — has even gone as far as being ‘Open Source
by default’, by releasing everything it does to the community."
People with like interests creating software that is better than the commercial variety. The world is changing.
Internet Collective Action is people organizing in a nonhierarchical manner to accomplish a particular goal. The reward is in the doing, and how much or how little anyone participates is completely voluntary, depending on their abilities and commitment to the goal. By this process amazing things can be accomplished. ICA will grow so long as the Internet is free. http://www.lisamcpherson.org/pc.htm is an example of ICA.
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