| That's addressed in the first section in the document: https://github.com/waldyrious/awesome-open-company#what-is-a... In short, there isn't a standard, universally agreed definition, but there's a common pattern in: - the definition I used ("a for-profit organization whose core practices are guided by principles of openness, transparency and interoperability. This philosophy can be summarized by the maxim: Share as much as possible, charge as little as possible.") - the Open Company Initiative (http://opencompany.org) definition: "Companies committed to openness as a defining element in how [they] create value." - the Wikipedia definition (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_business): "an approach to enterprise that draws on ideas from openness movements like free software, open source, open content and open tools and standards. The approach places value on transparency, stakeholder inclusion, and accountability." - the P2P Foundation definition (http://p2pfoundation.net/Open_Business): "a business that operates around the principles that are similar to those of the free software and open source movements, i.e. with 'free' and 'open' content." Let me know if my synthesis (the first definition above) seems innacurate or incomplete. |