OpenCola (drink)

Overview of OpenCola (drink):

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OpenCola

Type	Cola
Manufacturer	Cubic Corporation
Distributor
Country of origin	Canada
Region of origin
Introduced	2001
Discontinued
Alcohol by volume
Proof (US)
Color	Caramel

OpenCola is a brand of open-source cola, where the instructions for making it are freely available and modifiable. Anybody can make the drink, and anyone can modify and improve on the recipe as long as they, too, license their recipe under the GNU General Public License.

History

OpenCola was developed by the Cubic Corporation, a Toronto-based software company, as a promotional tool for their open-source software products. The drink was introduced in 2001 and was presented at several open-source conventions.

Concept

The concept of OpenCola was as much a marketing tool as it was a product. The idea was to promote the concept of "open source" to people who might not have otherwise heard of it, using a tangible product that could be created, modified, and distributed by anyone.

Recipe

The recipe for OpenCola is available on the internet and is licensed under the GNU General Public License. The recipe includes ingredients for the cola concentrate and the final product. The concentrate includes essential oils like orange oil, lime oil, cinnamon oil, and nutmeg oil. The final product is a mix of the concentrate, caramel color, caffeine, and carbonated water.

Impact

OpenCola has been noted as a way of explaining the open-source idea. The product's "openness" is more literal than that of open-source software, but it serves as a useful metaphor.

See also

• Free Beer
• List of open-source products

External links

• Official OpenCola recipe
• GNU General Public License

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