Red Hat's Open Source School of Thought

What is Red Hat up to with its launch this week of the opensource.com Web page?

This replaces the "Truth Happens" page, which ran articles and videos on open source, intellectual property, transparency and other issues.

"Opensource.com is now the place to go to find out about how open source principles are re-shaping business, law, art and, of course, technology," wrote Colin Dodd on the "Truth Happens" page to announce its closing. "We had a great run over here, but the subject outgrew this forum."

So what is opensource.com? It's positioned as a gathering place, but the description of open source from the site's "about" page sounds like it stretches far beyond the concept of freely exchanging zeros and ones. "The open source way is more than a development model; it defines the characteristics of a culture," it says. "The open source way is about possibility. The open source way multiplies."

There are several sections on the page, including "Life," "Education," "Business" and "Law." All the articles on the first page were written by Red Hat staffers, with the exception of the one written by Chris Grams, who used to work at Red Hat and is now a partner in the agency that developed the "Truth Happens" campaign.