New report: From Software to Society — Openness in a changing world
A quick heads-up: A new report just dropped that I co-wrote with Dr. Henriette Litta, executive director of Open Knowledge Foundation Germany. In it, we explore the state of Openness, its challenges and opportunities, and where to go from here. We make a range of recommendations, too.
Openness is in an odd place right now: It’s part of mainstream debates, but it mostly lost its rallying power. It’s suddenly part of major geopolitical debates, too. For the report we spoke to about 20 experts who kindly shared their time and insights — a huge thank you to all of them!
Here’s the announcement as per the Open Knowledge blog:
The new study “From Software to Society: Openness in a Changing World” by Dr. Henriette Litta and Peter Bihr takes stock and looks to the future: What does openness mean in the digital age? Is the concept still up to date? The study traces the development of Openness and analyses current challenges. It is based on interviews with experts and extensive literature research. The key insights at a glance are:
Give Openness a purpose
Protect Openness by adding guard rails
Open innovation and infrastructure need investments
Openness is not neutral
Market domination needs to be curtailed
You can find the English version here (PDF), a German translation will follow soon.
