Misunderestimating openness – Open Future
Inspired by ideas of an uninterrupted flow of knowledge and information and driven by the critique of intellectual property in digital works[14], one of the open movement’s guiding principles became the belief that enabling access to online information resources would have positive social effects and that these benefits would outweigh the interest ... See more
Zuzanna Warso • Openness and digital human rights – Open Future
For the purposes of our narrative, the conclusion is clear: an open medium has much to recommend it, but not the power to unify the country.
Tim Wu • The Master Switch: The Rise and Fall of Information Empires (Vintage)
Fully open, easily accessible data, together with open debate and version control, enables much greater scrutiny over results, which should lead to more accurate knowledge.