The core of the idea is simple: the diverse perspectives of participants based on their academic field lead to better solutions than the limited view of a single. Even better results are possible if globally accessible information pools such as Wikipedia and other open-source platforms can also be used to find solutions. However, to prevent this open innovation approach from drying up, the newly generated knowledge must also be made accessible to the global community again as open source. One possibility is to issue Creative Commons licenses.
Profit-oriented companies often have a hard time releasing knowledge or even elaborate prototypes. The situation differs for government organizations, non-profit companies, startups, or charitable foundations. Their purposes often revolve around challenges with greater, even global implications, such as equal education for all, democratization and basic human rights.