There is more to innovation than secret science and patents!
View more presentations from Derek Keats.
This is a great presentation by Derek Keats on FOSS innovation. The slideshow takes us through what innovation is and looks at the barriers to innovation. Keats also highlights how FOSS should be viewed as a learning resource and outlines the different types of model strategies that there are. Keats also looks at recent major software innovations such as Google and Facebook which have changed the way we think, learn and share.
We love the sentiment: SAY NO TO SECRET SCIENCE!
[...] locked up through patents, which are designed to withhold disclosure and creates a monopoly.” He explains this in the context of the number of scientific research papers that are published per year: Did [...]