The Spirit of Open
David Wiley,
iterating toward openness,
Jan 10, 2020
David Wiley offers what appears at first to be a point of contact between his and my philosophy of open: "I am more interested in insuring that other people are able to do whatever they want or need to do with my content than I am concerned about making sure they can only do what I want them to do with it." Yes, for me it has always been about enabling other people. The difference is that Wiley sees this as a relation between himself and the person reusing the content, while I see this as a relation between myself and all potential users of the content. I cannot give (say) one person the right to commercialize my content without harming everyone else who would use my content. If you allow something you could have prevented, then you are endorsing it - whether it be the freedom to express a view different from your own, or the freedom to take your content and prevent anyone else from viewing it.
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