Openness 489736 208871288 2008-04-28T23:11:01Z Kanzure 95883 Oops. Got the link wrong for the Wp article. {{wiktionary}} '''Openness''' is a [[philosophy]] that is being used as the basis of how various groups and organizations operate. It is a relatively new term to describe this general way of doing things. It is typified by [[community|communal]] management, and open access to the information or material resources needed for projects; openness to contributions from a diverse range of users/producers/contributors, flat [[hierarchy|hierarchies]], and a fluid organisational structure. Communal management is usually done with decisions being made by some form of [[consensus decision-making]] or [[vote|voting]]. With open repositories like [[git (software)|git]], individuals can take projects in their own direction without necessarily hindering the progress of others. It is now being put forward to facilitate the growth of the open source and [[free software]] [[computer programming|programming]] communities. As well as others, particularly [[activism|activist groups]], or as in the philosophy of [[extropianism|extropy]] ([http://extropy.org/principles.htm]). ==See also== *[[Glasnost]] *[[Open Knowledge Foundation]] *[[Open system (systems theory)]] *[[Open theism]] *[[Openness to experience|Openness as a dimension of personality]] *[[Transparency (humanities)]] ==External links== * [http://opensource.mit.edu/papers/cooksey.pdf Open as Ontological Concept] [[Category:Virtues]] {{socio-stub}}