S O M E C O N S I D E R AT I O N S A B O U T F R E E D O M

D R A N D R E S G U A D A M U Z , U N I V E R S I T Y O F S U S S E X

F R E E T H E PA N O R A M A

B A C K G R O U N D

“Wikipedia's notion of freedom, which is derived from the free software community. This policy ensures that what is produced by the Wikimedia community can freely be re-used by anyone for any purpose, including for commercial purposes. Abiding by this policy, Wikipedia has to put stringent copyright requirements on source materials that are included in its body of work, thereby substantially limiting the range of materials that can be included.”

“ F R E E ” L I C E N C E S M A K E S E N S E I N S O F T W A R E

• And in data.

• Code and data are valuable commodities that are enriched by sharing.

• Tradition of re-use of code for the benefit of community.

S TA L L M A N

• “If you use something to do jobs in your life, you must be free to change it today, and then distribute your changed version today in case others need what you need. Art contributes something different to society. You appreciate it. Modifying art can be a further contribution to art, but it is not crucial to be able to do that today. If you had to wait […] for the copyright to expire, that would be ok.”

E X P O R T I N G O F T H E F R E E D O M I D E A L

• Free software activists have disproportionate power in the open movement.

• For long time users favour NC and ND elements.

• Orgs actively work to dissuade their use.

I N D E F E N C E O F N C

• Publishers seem more likely to consider using open licences with NC.

• Sharing creative works not always the same as sharing functional works.

• If we want wider curation of content, we have to consider more restrictions to re-use.

• Cultural considerations.

C H A L L E N G E S

• Free licences entrenched in the sharing environment.

• Create a complex ecosystem with incompatible licences.

• We need more evidence of which stakeholders are not willing to open resources for fear of commercial use.

D R A U G L I S V. K A P PA M A P G R O U P

• Photographer shares picture on Flickr allowing commercial use.

• Map maker company uses picture as cover of map collection.

• User sues, didn’t want to allow commercial use in the first place.

• Court rules in favour of licensee.

I N F O R M E D C O N S E N T

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