The document discusses open source software and open licensing. It provides statistics on the use of open source software like the Apache web server and Linux. It discusses how open access to information can benefit society by allowing anyone to access the sum of human knowledge. It also discusses concerns around expanding copyright terms and how open licenses like Creative Commons aim to promote sharing and build upon existing works while still protecting authorship.

1. Ellyssa Kroski

2. What’s the big deal about Open?

4. Over half of all websites worldwide are hosted by the Open-Source Apache Web Server - Netcraft September 2008 Web Server Survey

5. An estimated 29 million people use Linux, an Open Source operating system - Linux Counter (2005)

6. Open Source Software represents a 23% share of the software market in the US and Europe - 2007 Gartner Open Source Summit

7. There are over 135,000 Open Source Software applications available today.

8. "As we enjoy great Advantages from the Inventions of others we should be glad of an Opportunity to serve others by any Invention of ours, and this we should do freely and generously." - Benjamin Franklin

10. “ He who receives an idea from me, receives instruction himself without lessening mine; as he who lights his taper at mine, receives light without darkening me.” - Thomas Jefferson

11. The Theory of Relativity is on YouTube

12. The Theory of Evolution is on iTunes

13. 31% of MIT freshmen knew about MIT OCW before applying… – and it was a significant influence in their decision for 35% of them.

15. “ Imagine a world in which every single person on the planet is given free access to the sum of all human knowledge. That's what we're doing.” - Jimmy Wales

16. Wikipedia topped 10 million articles in 2008

17. The National Institute of Health mandated in December 2007 that all funded researchers make their publications openly accessible on the Web.

18. In January 791 universities in 46 European countries unanimously voted for Open Access mandates

19. Harvard faculty unanimously voted in February 2008 to make their scholarly articles openly available to the public online.

21. If I have seen further, it is by standing on the shoulders of giants. - Sir Isaac Newton

22. Copyright Intended for public good to encourage creativity Now 70 years minimum Up to 120 years Terms of copyright have been extended 11 times over last 40 years 1998 – Sonny Bono Copyright Term Extension Act (CTEA) added 20 years to term No new works will enter the public domain until 2018 Poems of Emily Dickinson – 2050 Compositions of George Gershwin – 2019-2030

23. "Just at the time that technology is enabling all sorts of new creativity, to build on this material and do stuff with it, the law is getting in the way and locking it up." - Lawrence Lessig.

24. General Public License The freedom to use the software for any purpose. The freedom to change the software to suit your needs. The freedom to share the software with your friends and neighbors,. The freedom to share the changes you make. GNU GPL http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html

25. GFDL GNU Free Documentation License All authors, current and previous must be attributed All edits and changes must be listed All derivative versions must be licensed under GFDL The full text of the the license and previous copyright notices must be included No DRM or other technical restrictions may be applied http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/fdl.html

26. Started in 2001 Founded by Lawrence Lessig, Eric Saltzman, and others Attempts to straddle the gap between full copyright and the public domain Many free licenses to choose from June 2008 – 130 million creative works licensed with CC http://creativecommons.org

27. Open Licenses Interview Jimmy Wales Founder Wikipedia http://www.archive.org/details/JimmyWalesInterview

28. Image Credits Slide 24: http://tinyurl.com/5vpult