[Novalug] Explaining tech to the non-tech minded

[Megan Larko]

Hello Folks,

As a member of the Tux.Org Board of Directors (BoD) I happened to receive the 
following email message with a query of how to explain FOSS cooperation and 
development to the non-technically or business minded.

I'm coming to the List for suggestions/analogies/pictograms/anything.

I am also reprinting part of the letter below for your perusal.

megan 

-------------------  Reprint  ----------------------------
 I think it would be very informative and
interesting if Tux.org could graphically illustrate how a community of users
(and corporations alike) collaborate to develop and evaluate open source
software. It strikes me that very few policymakers understand the actual
mechanics of how an open source community works -- from software
repositories, to Concurrent Version Systems (CVS) tools, to patch
contribution, to Peer Review, and collaboration. The organic aspect of the
project.

For the layperson, this grassroots process probably seems incomprehensible.
But, I suspect that you could create a presentation that quickly -- and
hopefully graphically -- goes through the steps that is at the heart of the
open sources collaborative process -- which results in software.


-- 
C. Megan Larko
Treasurer
Tux.Org Inc.