Open source work aspired as an abstract from open source culture which is a creative practice of activity which is predominantly focused on free 'sharing' of created content. Open source is generally centred around participatory culture, where participants can modify content and and redistribute or share it. The upsurge in open source work is a result of 20th century's battle between restrictive intellectual property laws and policies such as copyright and modern creative practices. The idea pf 'open source' often correlates with the term 'free' as produsage has resulted in free and open-source software that has allowed creative commoners to adopt free intellectual licensing techniques. Ultimately, this has resulted in a widespread of content information and creation which has pushed the business model to provide services around the software, unlike with closed 'commercial' source models where the business models resulted in selling finished software packages. Commercial produsage is sometimes more beneficial as it does not rely on size and viability of a 'community', unlike open source work which is often developmental in areas that are of most interest in the community. Benefits and differences of open source work include:
- Faster development and a greater resource horizon
- Ability to explore multiple solutions quickly
- Development in direct response to user requests and suggestions
- Immediate release of new revisions
- A growth of greater transparacy
- No costs of software purchase and upgrades.
(Bruns, 2008).
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