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== Open collaboration ==

{{main|Open collaboration}}

[[File:Bluesky Logo.svg|thumb|upright=0.8|[[Bluesky]] a open source social media platform]]

The open-source model is a decentralized [[software development]] model that encourages [[open collaboration]],<ref name="LevinePrietula2013" /><ref>{{cite book |last=Raymond |first=Eric S. |author-link=Eric S. Raymond |year=2001 |title=The cathedral and the bazaar: musings on Linux and Open Source by an accidental revolutionary |url=https://archive.org/details/cathedralbaz00raym |url-access=registration |publisher=OReilly |isbn=978-0-596-00108-7}}{{page needed|date=November 2012}}</ref> meaning "any system of innovation or production that relies on goal-oriented yet loosely coordinated participants who interact to create a product (or service) of economic value, which they make available to contributors and noncontributors alike."<ref name="LevinePrietula2013" /> A main principle of [[open-source software development]] is [[peer production]], with products such as source code, [[blueprint]]s, and documentation freely available to the public. The open-source movement in software began as a response to the limitations of proprietary code. The model is used for projects such as in [[open-source appropriate technology]],<ref name="Pearce2012" /> and open-source drug discovery.<ref name="business-standard.com"/><ref name="OpenWetWare">[[OpenWetWare:OSDDMalaria:GSK Arylpyrrole Series:Story so far|"Open Source Drug Discovery for Malaria Consortium]].</ref>