Public domain, Creative commons, Free software in development of e-Government Misa Popovik Free Software Macedonia

Public domain, Creative commons,

Free software in development of

e-Government

Misa Popovik

Free Software Macedonia

3 stories

public domain

creative commons

free software

< story 1 >

What is public domain ?

information and creativity

common culture and intelectual heritage

proprietary interest

use it freely

non-commercial

non- commercial

folklore and pre-copyright materials

deliberately put into pd

Why is public domain important ?

significant part of...

...information body of our society

we all build on upon it

</ story 1 >

< story 2 >

What are creative commons licenses ?

set of copyright licenses

copyright???

exclusive rights to...

... particular expression of idea or information

cc

is oposing the idea of...

copyright: All Rights Reserved

Some Rights Reserved

-by- Attribution

-sa- Share Alike

-nc- Non Commercial

-nd- No Derivatives

pd © cc

pd © by- nc- nd

pd © by by- nc- nd

other licenses

free artistic license & free documentation license

Why are cc, fal, fdl important ?

copy friendly

± permissive to building upon works of others

examples?

„ Vrzan“ took only few days to be remixed and published back

< /story 2 >

< story 3 >

What is free software ?

software

4 freedoms

#0 run the program for any purpose

#1 study and modify the program

#2 copy the program to help your neighbor

#3 to improve the program and publish it for the benefit of the community

GNU GPL

+

Why is free software important ?

it promotes the idea of community

sharing knowledge

developing and supporting free software

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What is the relation to e-Government ?

res publicum

all works of the Government

or funded by the Government

should be made openly available

for the use and benefit of the public

using and learning from...

open ecosystems

open content:

pd ± cc + fal + fdl

pd ± cc + fal + fdl

free software:

sustainable backbone

ecosystem of institutions, developers, citizens and the community

participating in development of the services

all these ecosystems

share similar keywords:

share knowledge open free common information community participate include copy re-distribyte

government could / should

harness the power of such ecosystems

buzzword: business model

buzzword: ecosystem

the end

sources: Wikipedia, NASA, creativecommons, fsf / gnu project, lessig.org.