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Google Chrome OS - do we want another monoculture?
Nov 19th, 2009 - The Register
Yes, Google has open-sourced Chrome OS, its much-discussed browser-based operating system. But as usual, the open sourcing only says so much about its openness. After all, this isn't something you can load on any PC...
Honolulu rail audit urges contract openness
Oct 27th, 2009 - The Honolulu Advertiser
The city needs to improve the way it documents commuter rail contract awards to improve transparency and public confidence in the project, according to a study by city auditor Les Tanaka. The audit...
Google, Openness Triumph as Verizon Adds Android Phones
Oct 6th, 2009 - Wired
NEWS ANALYSIS - Google and Verizon announced a "groundbreaking" partnership Tuesday that will bring Google-powered smartphones to the nation's largest wireless carrier...
Medvedev signals openness to Iran sanctions
Sep 23rd, 2009 - CNN
NEW YORK (CNN) -- Russian President Dmitry Medvedev met Wednesday with U.S. President Barack Obama, then signaled he could support sanctions against Iran over its efforts to develop a nuclear weapon.
Adam Lambert Struggled With Coming Out: 'I Didn't Want The Clay ...
Jun 10th, 2009 - MTV
Everyone on "American Idol" knew Adam Lambert was gay. The "Idol" runner-up tells Rolling Stone in the magazine's upcoming cover story that despite his openness behind the scenes...

Openness videos from YouTube:

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A New Standard of Openness
On his first full day in office, President Obama makes good on his campaign promise to bring significant change to Washington by signing an executive order on transparency and ethics. January 21, 2009 (public domain)
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AOC: Accountability and Openness in the Courts
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Social Networking: The Challenges of Privacy and Openness
An event co-hosted by TRUSTe and the Center for Democracy and Technology at the Google Campus in Mountain View, CA. Speakers include: Chris Conley, Technology and Civil Liberties Fellow, ACLU Northern California; David Glazer ...
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John Sweeney investigates China's openness - Panorama BBC One
www.bbc.co.uk Panorama: China's Olympic Promise Mon 4th Aug, 8.30pm, BBC One. Panorama joins the Olympic Torch on it's journey through China to see whether they are keeping their Olympic promises.

Openness from WikiPedia:

Openness is a philosophy that is being used as the basis of how various groups and organizations operate. It is a relatively new term to describe this general way of doing things.

It is typified by communal management, and open access to the information or material resources needed for projects; openness to contributions from a diverse range of users/producers/contributors, flat hierarchies, and a fluid organisational structure.

Communal management is usually done with decisions being made by some form of consensus decision-making or voting. With open repositories like git, individuals can take projects in their own direction without necessarily hindering the progress of others.

It is now being put forward to facilitate the growth of the open source and free software programming communities, and may involve the consumption and production of free content. As well as others, particularly activist groups, or as in the philosophy of extropy ().