Free Cultural Works Definition v1.0 Released
February 14th, 2007
Having been working on the very similar Open Knowledge Defintion since Summer 2005 (with a v1.0 released in September last year) we were very interested when http://freedomdefined.org/ launched last May. Now after ten months of work they’ve released a stable, 1.0, version of what is now termed the “Free Cultural Works Definition”.
Though having a different form and layout, the principles enshrined in the FCWD and the Open Knowledge Defintion are almost entirely identical (so identical that we’ve been exploring with them for a while how the two could merge). This similarity is very encouraging given the importance of staking out such a clear (shared) meaning for what it means for a piece of knowledge to be free/open. As stated in the introduction to the Open Knowledge Definition:
The concept of openness has already started to spread rapidly beyond its original roots in academia and software. We already have ‘open access’ journals, open genetics, open geodata, open content etc. As the concept spreads so we are seeing a proliferation of licenses and a potential blurring of what is open and what is not.
In such circumstances it is important to preserve compatibility, guard against dilution of the concept, and provide a common thread to this multitude of activities across a variety of disciplines. The definition, by providing clear set of criteria for openness, is an essential tool in achieving these ends.
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February 14th, 2007 at 9:26 pm
[...] A velha rixa em volta do significado de livre e aberto que no mundo do software opõe desde há alguns anos a Free Software Foundation (FSF) à Open Source Initiative vê-se assim importada para o campo da produção artÃstica e cientÃfica, neste caso opondo o movimento da cultura livre à associação Creative Commons (CC). O que é interessante é que, como se pode ler no anúncio, a definição contou com o feedback de Richard Stallman da FSF e de Lawrence Lessig, co-fundador da CC. É pró menino e para a menina: os criadores que não se revêm nesta definição, pode sempre adoptar a Definição de Conhecimento Aberto (Open Knowledge Definition) cuja versão 1.0 foi lançada em Setembro do ano passado (via Rufus Pollock). Seria muito bom para a cultura livre se os dois projectos se conseguissem fundir. [...]
February 22nd, 2008 at 12:57 am
[...] Yesterday Creative Commons announced that their Attribution and Attribution Sharealike licenses will feature a seal of approval and link to Freedom Defined - the Definition of Free Cultural Works. We’ve been in touch with Freedom Defined since May 2006 (we blogged about the project last year) as their aims are so similar to that of opendefinition.org and the Open Knowledge Definition. [...]