Open 
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Default 
David Wood 
david@3roundstones.com 
http://w3id.org/3rs/openbydefault 
Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 United States License.
“Open data is a philosophy and 
practice requiring that certain 
data be freely available to 
everyone, without restrictions 
from copyright, patents or other 
mechanisms of control.”
“Open data is a philosophy and 
practice requiring that certain 
data be freely available to 
everyone over a network who 
complies with well-defined and 
liberal license terms.”
Open Standards 
⬇ 
Open Source 
⬇ 
Open Content 
⬋ ⬇ ⬊ 
Open 
⬌ 
Open 
⬌ 
Open 
Science 
Data 
Government
The information economy accounts for 
~10% of the GDP of most developed nations, and 
more than 50% of their economic growth. 
Source: http://ec.europa.eu/enterprise/ict/policy/doc/2006-11-20-flossimpact.pdf
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The Spectrum of Greed 
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"The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the 
unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to 
himself. Therefore all progress depends on the 
unreasonable man. " 
-- George Bernard Shaw
"People said I should accept the world. 
Bullshit! I don't accept the world." 
-- Richard Stallman
1976 1983 1986 1991 1994 1998 2001 2007
The Spectrum of Greed 
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Public domain Copyright
The Spectrum of Greed 
Bill Gates 
- + 
Public domain Copyright
The Spectrum of Greed 
Richard Stallman Bill Gates 
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Public domain Copyright
The Spectrum of Greed 
Richard Stallman Bill Gates 
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Public domain Eric Raymond 
Larry Lessig Copyright
The Spectrum of Greed 
Richard Stallman David Wood 
Bill Gates 
- + 
Eric Raymond 
Public domain Larry Lessig Copyright
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distribute, 
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Some permissions granted.
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indicate that a work is distributed in 
a way that its creator 
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distributor sharing some of the 
profits with the creator. 
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used in conjunction with free 
licensing.
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Linked Data 
http://blog.ted.com/2009/03/13/tim_berners_lee_web/
14 Jul 2009
Sep 2010
Sep 2011
Governments
Licensing
transform U.S. federal spending from 
disconnected documents into open, 
standardized data, and to publish that 
data online.
From Wikipedia 
From 
various 
EPA 
programs 
Open Street Map 
From Wikimedia Commons
Audience for EPA Data 
• Middle school student doing a science project 
• Concerned citizen worried about local pollution 
• Environmental Science PhD from EPA 
• Doctor from NIH writing a research paper
How much mercury did 
Hanson Permanente Cement 
release in 2004?
Finding Hanson Permanente
Finding Mercury Released in 2004 
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2
TRI Report
Data Reuse
What should you do? 
• Only use, reuse, remix work that you have 
rights to. 
• License your work!
What should you do? 
• Familiarize yourself with legislation 
requiring government transparency 
• Help ensure your agency leverages open 
materials for cost reduction 
• Foster openness for economic benefit
http://3roundstones.com/http://www.manning.com/dwood linking-government-data/
Open 
By 
Default 
David Wood 
david@3roundstones.com 
http://w3id.org/3rs/openbydefault 
Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 United States License.
Credits - CC Licensed 
Triumvirate http://www.flickr.com/photos/reidab/393803339/ 
Web 
http://www.flickr.com/photos/poper/179970823/ and http://www.flickr.com/photos/iguanajo/ 
277209483/ 
Roman bust http://www.flickr.com/photos/angerboy/532691310/ 
Policeman http://www.flickr.com/photos/kk/12722162/ 
Beer http://www.flickr.com/photos/marui/460581081/ 
Bill of Rights http://www.flickr.com/photos/anselor/67025021/in/set-1457202/ 
Copyright extensions http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Copyright_term.svg 
Richard Stallman 
http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/File:Richard_Stallman_speaking_at_Wikimania_2005-08-07.jpg 
and http://www.flickr.com/photos/nicolasrolland/3063010427/sizes/s/ 
GNU Logo http://johnbokma.com/gnulogo.html 
Mapa Open Source 2009 (Red Hat) http://www.flickr.com/photos/arrayexception/3500434664/sizes/o/ 
Eric Raymond http://www.flickr.com/photos/docsearls/224766598/ 
Tim Berners-Lee http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Tim_Berners-Lee.jpg 
Linus Torvalds http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Linus_Torvalds.jpeg
Credits - CC Licensed 
Lawrence Lessig http://www.lessig.org/info/photos/ 
Open Source Initiative logo http://www.flickr.com/photos/27316226@N02/3000888100/sizes/o/ 
Street crowd http://www.flickr.com/photos/rayan_jeroen/207239822/ 
Wii Play packaging http://www.flickr.com/photos/20179579@N00/461808859/ 
Reach http://www.flickr.com/photos/kharied/486001659/ 
Creative Commons options http://www.lessig.org/blog/archives/freedoms_license.jpg 
Creative Commons logo http://www.flickr.com/photos/10243775@N05/3482370143/ 
FLOSS used in MS Windows http://www.flickr.com/photos/martinbekkelund/2397647179/sizes/l/ 
GPL street sign http://www.flickr.com/photos/svensson/45394401/ 
License your tweets? http://za.creativecommons.org/blog/archives/2009/09/13/cc-license-your-tweets/ 
GNU and FLOSS differences http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/open-source-misses-the-point.html 
Open Content examples http://www.archive.org/details/opensource_movies 
Open Course logo http://www.flickr.com/photos/marcwathieu/2412755417/
Government, TED and cholera slides Richard Wallis, OCLC (formerly Talis) 
Credits - Fair Use of Copyright 
White Blood Cells album cover by The White Stripes http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:The_White_Stripes_-_White_Blood_Cells.jpg 
Redd Blood Cells album cover by Stephen Banes http://www.reddkross.com/features/RBC/ 
Nine Inch Nails Web page for Ghosts I-IV http://ghosts.nin.com/main/home 
ITU logo http://www.itu.int/PublishingImages/logos/ITU-official-logo_75.gif 
Credits - By Permission 
Linux logo by Larry Ewing <lewing@isc.tamu.edu>

Open by Default

  • 1.
    Open By Default David Wood david@3roundstones.com http://w3id.org/3rs/openbydefault Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 United States License.
  • 2.
    “Open data isa philosophy and practice requiring that certain data be freely available to everyone, without restrictions from copyright, patents or other mechanisms of control.”
  • 3.
    “Open data isa philosophy and practice requiring that certain data be freely available to everyone over a network who complies with well-defined and liberal license terms.”
  • 4.
    Open Standards ⬇ Open Source ⬇ Open Content ⬋ ⬇ ⬊ Open ⬌ Open ⬌ Open Science Data Government
  • 6.
    The information economyaccounts for ~10% of the GDP of most developed nations, and more than 50% of their economic growth. Source: http://ec.europa.eu/enterprise/ict/policy/doc/2006-11-20-flossimpact.pdf
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    © Copyright ©All Rights Reserved
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    © Public Domain:No Rights Reserved
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    The Spectrum ofGreed - + Public domain Copyright
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    "The reasonable manadapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore all progress depends on the unreasonable man. " -- George Bernard Shaw
  • 18.
    "People said Ishould accept the world. Bullshit! I don't accept the world." -- Richard Stallman
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    1976 1983 19861991 1994 1998 2001 2007
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    The Spectrum ofGreed - + Public domain Copyright
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    The Spectrum ofGreed Bill Gates - + Public domain Copyright
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    The Spectrum ofGreed Richard Stallman Bill Gates - + Public domain Copyright
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    The Spectrum ofGreed Richard Stallman Bill Gates - + Public domain Eric Raymond Larry Lessig Copyright
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    The Spectrum ofGreed Richard Stallman David Wood Bill Gates - + Eric Raymond Public domain Larry Lessig Copyright
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    ©All Rights Reserved. Ask Permission. ©CC Some Rights Reserved. ©Reproduce, adapt, distribute, but license the same. Some permissions granted.
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    Also iTunes U,MIT Open Courseware, etc.
  • 36.
    The Creator-Endorsed Markis a logo that a distributor can use to indicate that a work is distributed in a way that its creator endorses — typically, by the distributor sharing some of the profits with the creator. The mark is not an alternative to a free license; rather, it's meant to be used in conjunction with free licensing.
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    ! Linked Data http://blog.ted.com/2009/03/13/tim_berners_lee_web/
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    transform U.S. federalspending from disconnected documents into open, standardized data, and to publish that data online.
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    From Wikipedia From various EPA programs Open Street Map From Wikimedia Commons
  • 63.
    Audience for EPAData • Middle school student doing a science project • Concerned citizen worried about local pollution • Environmental Science PhD from EPA • Doctor from NIH writing a research paper
  • 64.
    How much mercurydid Hanson Permanente Cement release in 2004?
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    What should youdo? • Only use, reuse, remix work that you have rights to. • License your work!
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    What should youdo? • Familiarize yourself with legislation requiring government transparency • Help ensure your agency leverages open materials for cost reduction • Foster openness for economic benefit
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    Open By Default David Wood david@3roundstones.com http://w3id.org/3rs/openbydefault Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 United States License.
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    Credits - CCLicensed Triumvirate http://www.flickr.com/photos/reidab/393803339/ Web http://www.flickr.com/photos/poper/179970823/ and http://www.flickr.com/photos/iguanajo/ 277209483/ Roman bust http://www.flickr.com/photos/angerboy/532691310/ Policeman http://www.flickr.com/photos/kk/12722162/ Beer http://www.flickr.com/photos/marui/460581081/ Bill of Rights http://www.flickr.com/photos/anselor/67025021/in/set-1457202/ Copyright extensions http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Copyright_term.svg Richard Stallman http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/File:Richard_Stallman_speaking_at_Wikimania_2005-08-07.jpg and http://www.flickr.com/photos/nicolasrolland/3063010427/sizes/s/ GNU Logo http://johnbokma.com/gnulogo.html Mapa Open Source 2009 (Red Hat) http://www.flickr.com/photos/arrayexception/3500434664/sizes/o/ Eric Raymond http://www.flickr.com/photos/docsearls/224766598/ Tim Berners-Lee http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Tim_Berners-Lee.jpg Linus Torvalds http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Linus_Torvalds.jpeg
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    Credits - CCLicensed Lawrence Lessig http://www.lessig.org/info/photos/ Open Source Initiative logo http://www.flickr.com/photos/27316226@N02/3000888100/sizes/o/ Street crowd http://www.flickr.com/photos/rayan_jeroen/207239822/ Wii Play packaging http://www.flickr.com/photos/20179579@N00/461808859/ Reach http://www.flickr.com/photos/kharied/486001659/ Creative Commons options http://www.lessig.org/blog/archives/freedoms_license.jpg Creative Commons logo http://www.flickr.com/photos/10243775@N05/3482370143/ FLOSS used in MS Windows http://www.flickr.com/photos/martinbekkelund/2397647179/sizes/l/ GPL street sign http://www.flickr.com/photos/svensson/45394401/ License your tweets? http://za.creativecommons.org/blog/archives/2009/09/13/cc-license-your-tweets/ GNU and FLOSS differences http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/open-source-misses-the-point.html Open Content examples http://www.archive.org/details/opensource_movies Open Course logo http://www.flickr.com/photos/marcwathieu/2412755417/
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    Government, TED andcholera slides Richard Wallis, OCLC (formerly Talis) Credits - Fair Use of Copyright White Blood Cells album cover by The White Stripes http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:The_White_Stripes_-_White_Blood_Cells.jpg Redd Blood Cells album cover by Stephen Banes http://www.reddkross.com/features/RBC/ Nine Inch Nails Web page for Ghosts I-IV http://ghosts.nin.com/main/home ITU logo http://www.itu.int/PublishingImages/logos/ITU-official-logo_75.gif Credits - By Permission Linux logo by Larry Ewing <lewing@isc.tamu.edu>