With the resource printed, I went to an open source event to ask this question to open source professionals: is it open source ?
« An image being open source is not something I already considered », « Interesting question », « I sometimes have to fight with my colleagues when they share their pdf with me to get them to share the source with me ». [approximate quotations from memory]
« Is that metaverse? » (or « it's a bit meta », I can't remember precisely)
With an intent to consider the meaning of open source beyond software, the approach was simply to show them the image and, in a reflexive way, let them tell me whether it was open source or not. Usually done with a small group of people.
After some debate about the right to use logos, the question was all about the availability of sources through this QR code. It brings to the web page presenting the workshop of the image itself: https://open-source-undefined.org/workshops/image/open-source-image.html
I asked between 10 and 15 people and nobody automatically replied that it was open source.
After the discussions, nobody told me that it wasn't open source. The majority said yes, a few undecideds. It looks like an open source resource.
From this unexpected format, this challenged their conception of what open source is. The experiment raises a number of questions on the knowledge that open source professionals can have about open source.
It was a very interesting workshop to do, particularly from an (open) educational point of view. First, it could be used in this type of setting. People seemed to appreciate the reflection and the approach, being active in the process, without even realizing that they were undergoing some kind of training.
More entertaining than just explanations on open source resources, it even creates some discussions afterwards.
If you might be interested in the OER, there are ideas for improvements, I think it could be interesting to develop it: https://github.com/Open-Models/Open-Source-Undefined/issues/21
It may have planted a few seeds that could follow them every time they talk about open source.
I went to an open source event to ask what open source was, but obviously it wasn't clear to them either. According to them, I would have made open source with this image.
This would mean that you could do open source without knowing how to program, and without even working on software.
This image, open source or not open source ? And even further, an open source educational resource?
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