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Open source innovation: Towards a generalization of the open source model beyond software

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  • Julien Pénin

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This paper investigates the possibility of exporting the free and open source model, which has proved successful in the case of software, to other sectors. We propose a general definition of open source innovation that rests on two pillars: openness and interactivity. First, the outcome of the innovation process must remain open, i.e. it must be made available to all without discrimination. Second, the actors of the innovation process must develop modes of interactions such that they promote a « bazaar » ? like knowledge production dynamics (Raymond, 1999). Open source innovation is therefore very different from open innovation (Chesbrough, 2003). We also discuss the possibility of using intellectual property rights, and patents in particular, in a copyleft way, in order to secure open source innovation. We then investigate the contexts in which open source innovation might be successful. We argue that it may be especially promising when envisaged as providing an upstream open knowledge platform into which firms can tap in order to develop downstream applications. We conclude by presenting two examples that fit our definition of open source innovation: the case of open source biology (Hope, 2008) and the case of creative industries (Bach et al., 2010).

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  • Julien Pénin, 2011. "Open source innovation: Towards a generalization of the open source model beyond software," Revue d'économie industrielle, De Boeck Université, vol. 0(4), pages 65-88.
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    2. J. Andrei Villarroel & John E. Taylor & Christopher L. Tucci, 2013. "Innovation and learning performance implications of free revealing and knowledge brokering in competing communities: insights from the Netflix Prize challenge," Computational and Mathematical Organization Theory, Springer, vol. 19(1), pages 42-77, March.
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    4. Hagedoorn, John & Ridder, Ann-Kristin, 2012. "Open innovation, contracts, and intellectual property rights: an exploratory empirical study," MERIT Working Papers 2012-025, United Nations University - Maastricht Economic and Social Research Institute on Innovation and Technology (MERIT).
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    6. Armelle Mazé & Aida Calabuig Domenech & Isabelle Goldringer, 2021. "Commoning the seeds: alternative models of collective action and open innovation within French peasant seed groups for recreating local knowledge commons," Agriculture and Human Values, Springer;The Agriculture, Food, & Human Values Society (AFHVS), vol. 38(2), pages 541-559, June.
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    8. Giacomo Tollo & Joseph Andria & Stoyan Tanev & Sara Ghilardi, 2024. "Integrating the gender dimension to disclose the degree of businesses’ articulation of innovation," Journal of Computational Social Science, Springer, vol. 7(1), pages 87-123, April.
    9. Veronique Sanguinetti (toudoire) & Chauvet, V. & Goudarzi, K., 2020. "Covid-19, inspirons-nous de l’Open Source pour manager les activités collaboratives à distance," Post-Print hal-03323666, HAL.

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