00977nas a2200121   4500008004100000022001400041245003000055210003000085260004200115520064700157100001500804856003600819       2009                        eng d  a1913-610200aOpening the Source of Art0 aOpening the Source of Art  aOttawabTalent First Networkc10/20093 aThe open source community has developed a number of tools and philosophies to assist in distributed software development. The Still Water Lab at the University of Maine believes that these tools and philosophies can be adapted to facilitate other forms of distributed creative endeavours. It has developed two tools that reinterpret the ideas used in open source software through the lenses of artistic creation and preservation: The Pool and the Variable Media Questionnaire. This article discusses how several of the ideas used in software development have influenced Still Water's approach to making tools that support artistic production.1 aBell, John  uhttp://timreview.ca/article/294