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____/ wispygalaxy on Sunday 17 May 2009 21:37 : \____
> Roy Schestowitz wrote:
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>> 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.
Indeed. The original idea of Free software had to do with real freedom. Not the
freedom people are told about (the fake "freedom") but that which means
freedom, including sharing of ideas.
Here is a good programme about freedom and how its meaning got warped:
http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=B6B9EE3203331822&search_query=bbc+the+trap
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