Introducing “A free, libre and open Glossary” | Open Knowledge Foundation Blog

abernard102@gmail.com 2013-09-05

Summary:

"A few months ago, we ran into a problem at work. ‘Let’s open source this,’ my boss said, and then ran a conventional brainstorming session. I am constantly frustrated by people misusing terms like free, libre and open that have well-established definitions. I decided to spend an afternoon writing the first draft of a glossary that would explain in depth what these words mean and their relationship to one another. My hope is that if someone read the glossary from start to finish, they would never again confuse crowdsourcing with open source, or freeware with software. Here’s the summary: A free/libre/open work is one that can be shared and adapted by any person for any purpose, without infringing copyright. A crowdsourced work is one that was solicited from the community, rather than internally or by conventional contracting. Freeware describes software that is free of cost to download. Free software is free/libre/open, but might cost money to buy. The glossary is a collaboration by the community, but I’ve also released it as an ODT and PDF in a fixed form. The advantage of this is that it is proofread, verified and able to be cited. However, it also survives as a living document that you are welcome to contribute to ... "

Link:

http://blog.okfn.org/2013/09/03/introducing-a-free-libre-and-open-glossary/

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Open Access Tracking Project (OATP) » abernard102@gmail.com

Tags:

oa.new oa.comment oa.crowd oa.libre oa.floss oa.gratis oa.okfn oa.definitions

Date tagged:

09/05/2013, 08:37

Date published:

09/05/2013, 04:37