With the ability to enhance the the way that we do business, transform the way we govern ourselves, and increase the visibility that we have on important aspects of life that often go overlooked, such as the environment and poverty levels, it’s no wonder that open data has stirred up so much buzz. While software might be the first thing that comes to mind when you hear the term “open source,” hopefully it’s not the last. Sure, the software is a phenomenon in and of itself, but in the end, software is always the enabler for something else in the real world. It’s the open source movement’s underlying philosophy that promotes transparency, community, and pragmatic methodology that’s the real phenomenon, having produced diver....