01300nas a2200121   4500008004100000022001400041245009400055210006900149260004200218520086300260100001901123856003601142       2010                        eng d  a1913-610200aOpen to Everyone: How Open Source Communities Can Benefit from Diversity Without Disunity0 aOpen to Everyone How Open Source Communities Can Benefit from Di  aOttawabTalent First Networkc08/20103 aOpen source is at once a type of software licensing, a community model, an ideology, and a social movement. As a movement aiming not only to promote open source software within the software development community, but also to change the attitudes of commercial users, it can benefit from lessons learned by earlier social movements.

This article is intended for entrepreneurs, developers, and open source proponents who wish to maximize the market for their products. It will begin with a discussion of the successful strategies and common pitfalls of the feminist movement. It will then apply these lessons to the open source community. Overall, it will discuss the importance of united ideologies, inclusive communities, and the pursuit of legislative changes in promoting open source software as a viable alternative to traditional proprietary software.1 aJewell, Teresa  uhttp://timreview.ca/article/369