Connected with the concept of Open Source are Open Standards, Open Platforms and Open Architecture.

Mark Cooper [1], researcher at the Consumer Federation of America [2] edited Open Architecture as Communications Policy [3] (2004), available for distribution (Warning... the pdf is more than 450 pages!) under Creative Commons [4] license. This work compiles important documents related to the history of the Internet from a policy perspective, and Mark Cooper's chapters draw out connections in the historical development of the common law relevant to non-discriminatory common carriage principles. Mark Cooper gave the closing plenary address at the Wireless Community Networking Summit [5] at UIUC in August. His sermon is available [6] via RealMedia video, and will definitely inspire the choir.