%0 Journal Article %J Open Source Business Resource %D 2009 %T Editorial: Collaboration (July 2009) %A Dru Lavigne %A Stephen Huddart %X The editorial theme for the July issue of the OSBR is "collaboration". While online collaboration has been a hallmark of open source software (OSS) communities, the articles in this issue demonstrate that open collaboration extends far beyond the creation of software. The authors discuss diverse collaboration opportunities including: brainstorming across disciplines, social innovation, aggregating non-profit donations, the green environment movement, open educational resources, introducing students to communities, and managing single-user software applications. %B Open Source Business Resource %I Talent First Network %C Ottawa %8 07/2009 %G eng %U http://timreview.ca/article/266 %N July 2009 %9 Editorial %1 Talent First Network Dru Lavigne is a technical writer and IT consultant who has been active with open source communities since the mid-1990s. She writes regularly for O'Reilly and DNSStuff.com and is the author of the books BSD Hacks and The Best of FreeBSD Basics. %2 J. W. McConnell Family Foundation Stephen Huddart is the Vice President of The J. W. McConnell Family Foundation in Montreal, and the Director of Social Innovation Generation (SiG) @ McConnell.