[okfn-discuss] Next steps on the Open Knowledge Tagline

Mon Jun 16 21:11:57 UTC 2014

Hi Daniella,

Thanks for sharing that neat poetry / song.

The thing in this case is that "free" is a complex idea. Think about
liberty. Are the thoughts free if they cannot escape your mind, cannot be
uttered? Are they free if they are out there but YOU cannot *hear* them
because the people who have them are not able to share?

We are not freeing *thinking*, we are freeing *ideas*. We're not freeing
people to have ideas at all, we're assuring that ideas are themselves free,
free to travel, to be shared. An idea in a government file that is
classified is not a free idea.

Best,
Aaron
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