After takin' a swig o' grog, wispygalaxy belched out
this bit o' wisdom:
> Roy Schestowitz wrote:
>
>> A breakthrough on data licensing for public science?
>>
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>> | I spent two days this week visiting Peter Murray-Rust and others at the
>> | Unilever Centre for Molecular Informatics at Cambridge. There was a lot
>> | of useful discussion and I learned an awful lot that requires more
>> | thinking and will no doubt result in further posts. In this one I want
>> | to relay a conversation we had over lunch with Peter, Jim Downing, Nico
>> | Adams, Nick Day and Rufus Pollock that seemed extremely productive. It
>> | should be noted that what follows is my recollection so may not be
>> | entirely accurate and shouldn?t be taken to accurately represent other
>> | people?s views necessarily.
>> `----
>
> [snips- Knode won't let me quote so many lines]
>
> Excellent post! People think that FOSS issues only concern "geeks" and
> computer enthusiasts. It affects us all. Just look at
> the recent Pirate Bay court rulings. A lot of these issues deal with
> ethics, and it takes a lot of discussion to solve problems and come up with
> solutions.
This book will open your eye a bit:
http://pdf.codev2.cc/Lessig-Codev2.pdf
You can even "remix" it if you like!
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