Libre knowledge/discussion topics

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 * Libre vs Free and saying "libre" when that is what is meant (rather than "open": Say Libre where applicable).
 * Libre Knowledge Resources Development Cycle
 * Protecting The Commons.
 * Does the definition of libre knowledge specify that libre (knowledge) resources are free of DRM or other restricting devices? Should the definition be modified?
 * Which clauses in the licences/deeds permit/disallow this?
 * How would you change copyright law as it stands today?
 * See for example Brief History of Copyright and Time to update copyright law?
 * Participate in Future of Copyright Contest (deadline is 15th April 2012) and check out what comes out. For some background and ideas see:
 * Barcelona Charter and a libre interpretation of an earlier version
 * ‘Balanced’ Copyright: Not a Magic Solving Word – Alan Story.
 * Washington Declaration.
 * Creative Commons 4.0 discussions.
 * Freedom and software as a service? - see video on the right and autonomo.us
 * Which license is more supportive of freedom to learn for all: cc-by vs cc-by-sa ?
 * Does fewer restrictions always imply more freedom in the long run?
 * What "freedom" does the "sa" restriction restrict?
 * To protect and encourage growth of the commons, which of these two licenses would you recommend?
 * What assumptions are you making?
 * Would public domain or cc0 be even better (or worse) in terms of freedom to learn for all in the long term? (explain your answer).
 * See discussion exercise: Protecting the Commons and Inclusivity.
 * What if all explicit knowledge was libre?
 * What types of knowledge should not be freely available?
 * Add links to your discussions ...
 * Document Freedom Day (DFD) 2011 - refers to open document formats and open standards. Is the term "open" sufficient in this context, or should one say "libre"? (or refer to "free document formats"/"free file formats"). If the latter, tell someone.
 * Is/was this issue resolved in the years since then?
 * Libre knowledge and sustainability
 * Discuss:
 * The meaning of OER, open knowledge, free cultural works and libre knowledge.
 * The relative merits of cc-by, cc-by-sa and cc-by-nc-sa.
 * Re-discuss this without using the terms "open" and "free" - use "libre" and "gratis" (exception: use "open" when your aim is to be inclusive of those OER and other "open" initiatives which are non-free - i.e. which use cc-by-nc-sa and other non-libre licences).
 * Related article on use of NC: The Case for Free Use: Reasons Not to Use a Creative Commons -NC License
 * Be Libre: so what does all this mean in terms of how one could go about one's life?
 * Libre Hardware - discuss this generalisation.
 * Other discussion venues:
 * Libre Knowledge on Wordpress
 * Libre Lens
 * Data Liberation and the Libre Puro Emblem - scope this discussion.
 * Is Copyleft as used in the context of libre software the same as share-alike as used in Creative Commons licences?
 * Related discussions: Wikipedia on share-alike.
 * Permission culture vs Remix culture
 * Uses (and misuses) of the word "libre"
 * Find and discuss uses of the word libre which are at variance with the way libre is commonly defined for libre software, libre knowledge and libre cultural works.
 * Start with this one: "Libre Open Access" in Peter Suber's book "Open Access" (section 3.3).
 * How is the meaning of libre different (i.e. "libre OA" vs libre software, libre knowledge and libre cultural works)?
 * Do the distinctions described in the book make sense, and are they useful?
 * Are there alternative labels that could have been used for the different types of OA which would not involve a departure from the usual meaning of libre?
 * What are the implications?
 * Undermines or detracts from achieving the libre vision?
 * Creates a sub-context "OA" with its own (contradictory) meaning for the word libre
 * Introducing ambiguity? (Open access community, with a different definition of libre, will find communication difficult with related communities: open knowledge, open education, libre knowledge, libre software, etc.)
 * See also:
 * The Libre article on Wikipedia touches on the issue.
 * okfn-discuss Problems of nomenclature (and related discussion).
 * Notes:
 * conflates issues of price and freedom,
 * Please add ...