Free resources (generalize)
Free software is only part of the picture
all potentially free intangible goods are to be considered :
public data (law, patent bases, statistics ...)
educational resources
cultural resources (museums)
original creation (if authors wish it)
scientific results and data
software
Access to data is power
and power belongs to the people (well... I mean in democracies)
Capitalize on cooperative voluntary contributions to increases common wealth
Content is increasingly controlled by software
for creation
for distribution (formats and protocols)
for preservation
for retrieval
. . . maintenance, reuse, new creations
Bernard Lang
, INRIA - AFUL - ISOC France
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