Ian wrote:
I was browsing in Safeways this morning when I came across an intersting article in New Scientist. It was about how the idea of Open Source software has started to spill over into other areas of commerce. An example given was Open Coke, a new brand of Cola for which the recipe is published under a licence similar the GPL. It also mentioned the OAL (Open Audio Licence) which is attempting to do something similar in the world of music.
The idea is actually called "copyleft" rather than "open source". Remember that "source" refers to the code that you compile rather than the place the code comes from. Once again, the confusing term is being spread :-(
Anyway, the article is online at http://www.newscientist.com/hottopics/copyleft/