Open — it ain’t what it used to be…
Brian Lamb,
Abject,
Jul 11, 2012
Brian Lamb riffs on the commodification of the term 'open', including bespecially the Monterey Institute for Technology's redefinition, which asserts: "MITE understands that the Noncommercial (NC) restriction on this Creative Commons license precludes institutional use of the materials, including by governments, corporations, public entities, and businesses, whether for-profit or non-profit." That's just wrong, of course - it's a definition that ignores the meaning of "noncommercial". On the other, more enlightened, side: Teemu Leinonen: "Open education can only happen with free knowledge. Free knowledge does not exist without open data (and information). Open education should focus on wisdom, truth, beauty, love and music (art)."
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