Glossary Terms

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idea creators

Innovators who develop commercially valuable ideas, which can either be protected as intellectual property or shared openly. Idea creators include entrepreneurs, research centers and laboratories and can be sponsored by private business, government, or universities.

investors

Those who provide capital to support businesses and business ecosystems. See Open Source Initiative at opensource.org.