TY - JOUR T1 - Developing a Portal for Open Source Creation: A Brief Study JF - Open Source Business Resource Y1 - 2009 A1 - Karen Opas-Lanouette AB - This article discusses the historic genesis of one company's development of a portal and platform system that enables creators and their fans to work collaboratively between different mediums such as sequential art, graphica, concept, gaming, film/TV, and music. We examine challenges that arose and which are common to many startups. These include the protection of the intellectual property rights (IPR) of all parties, using open source software development to develop the portal, and the financial and personal toll that arises over the course of a startup?s journey. PB - Talent First Network CY - Ottawa UR - http://timreview.ca/article/295 IS - October 2009 U1 - Ucreate Media Karen Opas-Lanouette, the editor for Ucreate Media and a lifelong fan of sequential arts, is inspired by the collaborative, borderless possibilities of open source creation. She has a background in the visual arts and as a professional writer/editor whose work has appeared in The Globe and Mail and Saturday Night Magazine. ER -