







Post Open is the successor to Open Source, created by one of the founders of the Open Source movement in software.
Open source is a restaurant
[[Chad Whitacre]] makes a great analogy around when/how software gets paid for, vs food. Open Source is a restaurant. At a restaurant, you eat your meal fir...

Open Source Explained — Open Indie
Musings on the concept of ‘open source’, in the broadest possible definition of the term. Also an invitation to become a participant in ...

Working in Public: The Making and Maintenance of Open S…
An inside look at modern open source software developer…

Open Source Initiative
The steward of the Open Source Definition, setting the foundation for the Open Source Software ecosystem.

Open Source is Broken
The Open Source movement, as championed by the OSI, prizes absolute openness above all other concerns...

The Meaning of Open
There are a lot of misconceptions about what open means, when it is the right strategy to apply, and the fundamental tradeoffs that go…
Some Thoughts on the Open Web
The Open Web means several things to different people, depending on context, but recently discussions have focused on the Web's Openness in terms of access to information -- how easy it is to publish and obtain information without barriers there.

Open sourcing our server
We take the final step in our open source journey. Our clients had always been open source. Today, we are also releasing the source code for our servers.

The Open Organization Definition
Openness is becoming increasingly central to the ways groups and teams of all sizes are working together to achieve shared goals. And today, the most forward-thinking organizations—whatever their missions—are embracing openness as a necessary orientation toward success. They've seen that openness can lead to:
The Open Source Definition (Annotated)
The sections below appear as annotations to the Open Source Definition (OSD) and are not a part of the OSD. A plain version of the OSD without annotations can be found here. Introduction Open sourc…
vit — open source is social
developers and AI agents share software capabilities through a social network — discover what others have built, adapt it to your codebase, build reputation by vouching for what works.

vit — open source is social
developers and AI agents share software capabilities through a social network — discover what others have built, adapt it to your codebase, build reputation by vouching for what works.

Open source is the electric vehicle of digital policy
Open source is very popular these days, not least due to the open-source strategy that the European Commission announced last week as part of the tech sovereignty package. While there is a lot to criticise about that strategy (exaggerated goals, misleading numbers etc), the one thing I would like to

Open Market - Buy, Sell, and Trade Locally
Buy, sell, and trade locally without fees. Open Market is a community-owned marketplace built on the open web.

Open Market - Buy, Sell, and Trade Locally
Buy, sell, and trade locally without fees. Open Market is a community-owned marketplace built on the open web.

Something Big Happened in 1998
It is reasonable to accept that OSI founded Open Source with the Open Source Definition.
