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tag: what is free Sorted Chronologically (old to new). Sort most recent first? The free culture community has developed mechanisms to make sharing and collaborative development easier. The principles that define works of free culture are:
Note that these freedoms do not discriminate on the basis of endeavor, and all free culture works allow creation of derivative works and commercial use. . . . Categories: Advocacy Free, open data prevents the necessity of duplication of effort, which, in turn, prevents the community as a whole from unnecessarily wasteful spending. Particularly for organizations with a social mission, its use is a win for everyone. . . . Categories: Advocacy Openness, remixability, and free Jewish culture: a response to Russel Neiss — from Efraim Feinstein (Open Siddur 2009)Advocacy for creative works’ freedom represents a paradigm shift in thought among content creators: In a free culture, a premium is not placed on the material as-such or even the particular rights associated with the material. Instead, it is on the users’ freedom, and it is that freedom that is the prerequisite to large-scale creative engagement with educational material. . . . Categories: Advocacy Copyright and Commercial Use: the Problem with Creative Commons’ Non-Commercial Use Licenses (Efraim Feinstein, 2010)This post continues the series of advocacy posts directed at Jewish content creators and aggregators. Other parts of the series discussed the global communal benefit of free primary data resources and issues of copyright license compatibility and the connection between copyright licensing and remixability. While my previous post briefly mentioned the non-free Creative Commons licenses, this post details why you should choose a free culture license. In particular, it urges you to avoid the licenses with the non-commercial-use only (NC) terms. . . . Categories: Advocacy | ||
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