[od-discuss] v2.0dev Review Requested

Mon Jul 28 19:33:51 UTC 2014

On 28 Jul 2014, at 21:24, Mike Linksvayer <ml at gondwanaland.com> wrote:

> I wonder if we need to update the summary statement?
> 
> "Knowledge is open if anyone is free to use, modify, and redistribute it — subject only, at most, to requirements to attribute and share-alike."
> 
> Could it read?
> 
> "Knowledge is open if anyone is free to use, modify, and redistribute it — subject only, at most, to requirements to attribute, share-alike and protect the provenance and openness of works."
> 
> This would be redundant -- protect provenance and openness are categories attribution and share-alike fall into. I don't think we need to change as attribute and share-alike could be broadly interpreted as requirements for provenance and openness rather than specific conditions by those names, and might be more comprehensible for a summary statement. But if we did change I'd suggest something like
> 
> "Knowledge is open if anyone is free to use, modify, and redistribute it — subject only, at most, to requirements for provenance and openness."

K. is open … subject … to requirements for … openness

sounds tautological to me:  … "protection/preservation of openness”?

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