[okfn-announce] Open Knowledge Foundation Newsletter No. 4

[Jonathan]

Welcome to the fourth Open Knowledge Foundation newsletter.

Contents:

  * Public Domain Works joins the Open Library
  * CKAN is growing - over 100 packages so far
  * talk at SCL's Law 2.0
  * other news in brief
  * support the Open Knowledge Foundation!
  * further information


PUBLIC DOMAIN WORKS JOINS THE OPEN LIBRARY
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Public Domain Works, an open registry of artistic works in the public 
domain, is going to join up with the Open Library.

The project, which is a joint initiative of the Open Knowledge 
Foundation, the Open Rights Group and Free Culture UK, has data 
representing thousands of artists and works. This data will be uploaded 
to the Open Library, and will be accessible via web services which will 
show which works are out of copyright in different jurisdictions.

Public Domain Works <http://www.publicdomainworks.net>
The Open Library <http://demo.openlibrary.org/>


CKAN IS GROWING - OVER 100 PACKAGES SO FAR
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The Comprehensive Knowledge Archive Network (CKAN) is growing steadily 
thanks to user contributions. The registry now has over 100 open 
knowledge packages - from geodata to educational materials. The spam 
that we're starting to get is a sure sign we're getting noticed!

If you come across or know of an open knowledge package that isn't 
listed, please consider registering it at CKAN...

CKAN <http://www.ckan.net/>


TALK AT SCL'S LAW 2.0
=====================

Rufus Pollock, Executive Director of the Open Knowledge Foundation, gave 
a talk at the the Society for Computers and Law's 'Law 2.0' event 
entitled 'Openness, Web 2.0 and the Ethic of Sharing'.

The talk takes a broad-ranging and historical look at the economic and 
social benefits of open knowledge.

'Openness, Web 2.0 and the Ethic of Sharing' 
<http://blog.okfn.org/2007/09/18/talk-at-law-20-openness-web-20-and-the-ethic-of-sharing/>


OTHER NEWS IN BRIEF
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- AMEE, 'the world's energy meter', forges ahead in open service development
<http://blog.okfn.org/2007/10/02/amee-an-exemplary-open-service/>

- First draft of the Open Database License released
<http://blog.okfn.org/2007/09/25/open-database-license/>

- KForge v0.14 released
<http://blog.okfn.org/2007/09/21/kforge-v014-released/>


SUPPORT THE OPEN KNOWLEDGE FOUNDATION!
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A donation to the Open Knowledge Foundation would greatly help us with 
our overhead costs, including hosting (currently around £1000/year) and 
project development. To find out more about supporting our work, please 
visit:

   http://www.okfn.org/support


FURTHER INFORMATION
===================

If you would like to know more about what we are up to, please take a
look at our active projects page.

   http://www.okfn.org/projects/

If you are interested in participating in any of the OKF's projects,
please see our participate page, or join the OKF discuss list.

   http://www.okfn.org/participate/
   http://lists.okfn.org/mailman/listinfo/okfn-discuss

For further news and comments, see our blog:

   http://blog.okfn.org

The Open Knowledge Foundation is a not-for-profit organization. It is 
incorporated in the United Kingdom as a company limited by guarantee 
with company number 5133759. The registered office is 37 Panton Street, 
Cambridge, CB2 1HL, UK.