Content-type: text/html Downes.ca ~ Stephen's Web ~ Just Can't Hardly Give It Away: Generosity Versus Copyright

Stephen Downes

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Good article on the desire of people to give away content. "Alas, it has also become nearly impossible to avoid copyright law's protections for the creator. Now generous creators find it difficult to put their works in the public domain for all to use, copy, share, and improve." The article surveys a variety of mechanisms for giving away content, including the GNU project and copyleft, EFF's Open Audio License, BioMedCentral, the Open Archives Initiative, and more.

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