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Software Standards Data Content
Open Access to Scholarly Literature, Open Government Data, Open Biodiversity Data, Open Educational Resources, Open Geo Data, Open Encyclopædia, Free Access to Law, Open Culture, Open Video, Open Environmental Data, Open Weather Data, Open Financial Data
(All this is tentative, and open to violent disagreement)
Activists
Researchers
Openness as default.
Often seeking to arrest the slide into non-openness becoming the predominant model.
Each movement has a different sets of motivations.
People within movements don't necessarily agree on motivations.
No permission to use
Non-discrimination (usage for any purpose)
No permission to study and learn from the software
No permission to copy and redistribute
No permission to modify and distribute
Permissions + Discrimination
Availability to study
No payment or little payment to study
No payment to use
Neutrality/Interoperability of technology as far as possible
Independent/Participatory/Collaborative/transparent process for creation
Malleable for localization
Non-commercial organization maintains
Availability + Payment + Permissions + Neutrality + Participatory + Malleability
Availability
No payment for study and use
No permission to reuse and redistribute
No purpose limitation
{Open standards}
Machine-readability
Availability + Payment + Permissions + Non-discrimination + Technical openness
Availability
No payment
No permission to access, use, modify, share
No purpose limitation
{Open standards}
Availability + Payment + Permissions + Non-discrimination + Technical openness
Availability on Internet
No payment for law
No permission to republish
No payment for scholarship
Anonymous access
No technical barrier to download
Neutrality/Interoperability of citations
Discoverability
Open standards
Anonymity + Discoverability + Availability + Payment + Permissions + Technical openness + Neutrality
{Open Content}
{Open Format}
We added:
No payment for creation
No payment for access
Openness as lack of censorship
Openness as collaboration and participation
Openness as visibility / discoverability
Availability
No payment
No permissions
Neutrality
No discrimination
No technical restrictions
No censorship
Anonymity
As we go further down, the more specific the conditions of "openness" get.
(Accessibility for Persons with Disabilities)
(Language)
(Ability to collect data, ability to use data)
(Privatization of government)
(Sometimes small fry are helped, sometimes they're harmed)
(Land surveys, non-remunerated labour)
(Biodiversity)
(Transparency vs. Privacy)
(Transparency vs. Security)
Who "creates"/contributes to it?
Who uploads it, who distributes it, who downloads it?
What guidelines exist to aid those who do that?
Who actually has the means to use it?
Who actually uses it?
What uses are imagined and what is it used for?
Is "openness" conceived of as a binary?
Who all have been involved in thinking through these questions.
We should not only advocate for, but also interrogate "openness".