Opening the Special Library: Open Source, Open Content, Open Data and More

SLA 20112011-06-15 / Philadelphia

Opening the Special Library: Open Source, Open Content, Open Data and More

Mike LinksvayerVP, Creative Commons

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open?

(Software, Content, Data) that can be shared and modified by anyone for any purpose

attribution may be requiredsharing under similar terms may be required (copyleft)

aka free as in freedom

AKA Libre (Software, Content, Data)

Legal status (copyright and related rights permissions or public domain) necessary for fully free/libre/open works

0 free software

1 Open Source (marketing term for free software)

2 Open Content

3 Open Data

debian free software guidelinesOpen Source DefinitionFree Software DefinitionDefinition of Free Cultural WorksOpen Knowledge Definition

All agree: anyone, any purpose

Aping free software or sweet spot?

each domain has struggled to find sweet spot

Confusion between freedom and costDiscrimination against commercial (e.g., first release of Linux, Creative Commons NonCommercial licenses) and other usersDecades of work to fine-tune coordination and legal mechanisms

ongoing; e.g., beyond necessary copyright and related permissions, see open by rule governance

creative commons . org non-profit organization foundation, corporate, individual supporters 100+ global affiliate institutions

cc = sharing infrastructure respect the law, build a sustainable and scalable society legal and technical tools enabling effective some rights reserved and no rights reserved culture, education, public sector, science open content, open data

use a free software license for software (though CC0 may be used to place software in the public domain)

wikipedia

My Book by
My Name
is licensed under a
Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

Permissions beyond the scope of this license may be available at example.com.

open (software, content, data) and the special library

The opportunities are very broad.Just a few follow...ask!

linked open [meta]data

Not only for large institutions!

become an open (software, content, data) expert

Tangible benefits for your organization

Tangible benefits for your career

Open is slowly winning ... are you future ready?

caveat: open (sharing) is not a business [model]others sharing is a businessresourcesharing is a business strategysharing is a product featuresharing is a customer demandsharing is a social responsibilitysharing is good policy

links: convey yourself tohttp://creativecommons.org(Creative Commons NGO)

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