This is identical to Skype in most respects save one: it USES open standards for managing calls, though its compression algorithms and client software are as proprietary as Skype's.
During the pleasantries and introductions, I discovered that both Snyder and Genender are practice leaders for the Virtuas open source consulting company (see Resources for a link).
The NASA Educational Launch of Nano Satellite program, which offers free launches for educational groups and science missions, is now open to U.S. nonprofit corporations as well.
Researchers in psychology, a field rocked by findings of irreproducibility in the past few years, have been especially vocal supporters of the drive for more-open science.