Open source done with expertise and correct intent looks like the link below.
The world, irrespective of the location, can adapt a lot more to the ‘creative commons’ principle than it has done over the years.
When it comes to knowledge generation and sharing, open source has great value to the world. Think Internet in its early days. The motivation for its propulsion was to connect the nodes of knowledge (www stands for World Wide Web).
Having said that, I acknowledge that commercialization is important, but it has its relevance in certain domains downstream of knowledge, especially where engineering has to interface with the scale, scope and demands of the market. Not at the origins, learning and coupling with the society.
If anything, open source knowledge, harnessed properly with fair markets, may lead to far more commercialization and entrepreneurial opportunities.
For the scale and variety of India, open source has a lot to offer. Are we ready to adopt and adapt?