Public domain, Creative commons,
Free software in development of
e-Government
Misa Popovik
Free Software Macedonia
www.e-society.org.mk

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 ©

by-
pd nc- ©
nd

by-
pd 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

</story 3>

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:

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

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.