The authors of this longish essay (it's listed as a 'book' on the web page) look at "wider applications and potential of the open source idea." Good list of characteristics of open sourc e(p.17) - most people, when they think of open source, think of free software, but as the authors point out, the methodology of sofwtare development becomes something different. For example, it includes the vetting of participants only after they've started to contribute. "They allow absolutely anyone to get involved; all that matters is whether or not they deliver high quality work." Though, of course, this is not universally applicable. "Open source surgery is not something most of us would want to go through."
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