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Very interesting? Darren Ward ---------- Forwarded Message ---------- Subject: Copyleft: The Great Giveaway Date: Thu, 31 Jan 2002 05:54:29 -0600 From: New Scientist <reedscienc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <darren.ward3@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Good ideas are worth money, so why are people giving them away for free? Join our experiment to find out. This week, New Scientist is doing something no other mainstream magazine has - publishing an article under what's known as a "copyleft". We're helping test one of the boldest ideas of our time. The outcome is up to you. To read the article, go to www.newscientist.com/hottopics/copyleft on NewScientist.com. There, you can provide feedback, copy the article, redistribute it, modify or reissue it, without worrying that you?ve violated our copyright. The article itself is about an idealistic movement called "open sourcing", which is all about free circulation of knowledge - an emerging alternative to growing corporate power and restrictive property rights. Open source is covered by a special licence called the copyleft, which grants as much freedom as possible, as long as you too release your version under the same copyleft terms and conditions. In software, open source is an undoubted success. Now some of its supporters are trying out its methods elsewhere. Already there's open source music, open source encyclopaedias, open source law, even open source soft drinks. We welcome your feedback on the concept, and input into the article itself. No-one's really sure what the benefits of this experiment will be, but if it works it could mean profound changes in publishing, technology, music, even consumer products. Kind regards Alun Anderson Editor-in-Chief New Scientist You have received this message from New Scientist as a registered member of NewScientistJobs.com, or as a subscriber to one of New Scientist?s newsletters. If you no longer wish to receive promotional messages from New Scientist, please click on the link below (or cut and paste the URL into your browser): http://www.ProcessRequest.com/apps/remove2.asp?oid=UcjjbCB&sid=XbdaicdiCF&cid =ZbbjhaeheiEB ------------------------------------------------------- -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG Mail majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxx with "unsubscribe list" in the message body to unsubscribe.