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<blockquote data-quote="JBowtie" data-source="post: 2531801" data-attributes="member: 1810"><p>I might have believed that before. But I've spent the last five years totally immersed in the free software world, debating a wide variety of "open" licenses, and I don't believe that.</p><p></p><p>In that world, I'm building on other people's IP all the time. Constantly. And I can take what they've done, change it to my liking and show the world. No need to consult the original author(s) or anyone else. I have done and am doing and never once do I have to consult anyone. Just this year I ported a software package to Windows without a by your leave, making all kinds of changes without consultation. I loved it.</p><p></p><p>With the OGL, I have similar freedoms. Have exercised them, even if I'm not widely distributing at the moment. So I can go off and build stuff without a by your leave, and do so, and show it to whoever I want - like the thread title says, I buy open content.</p><p></p><p>I have the freedom to ignore closed content - I'm simply trying to verbalize why I prefer open content. I will try and push publishers to be more open for the same reason I try to push coders to be more open; so that we all benefit. So that the best ideas disseminate as widely as possible, so the most elegant stuff is used everywhere.</p><p></p><p>I may not change minds, but I consider it my ethical duty to try. And I sincerely and deeply appreciate all the open content that has been released and respect people's decisions to want to exercise control - I just don't subscribe to that philosophy, that's all.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="JBowtie, post: 2531801, member: 1810"] I might have believed that before. But I've spent the last five years totally immersed in the free software world, debating a wide variety of "open" licenses, and I don't believe that. In that world, I'm building on other people's IP all the time. Constantly. And I can take what they've done, change it to my liking and show the world. No need to consult the original author(s) or anyone else. I have done and am doing and never once do I have to consult anyone. Just this year I ported a software package to Windows without a by your leave, making all kinds of changes without consultation. I loved it. With the OGL, I have similar freedoms. Have exercised them, even if I'm not widely distributing at the moment. So I can go off and build stuff without a by your leave, and do so, and show it to whoever I want - like the thread title says, I buy open content. I have the freedom to ignore closed content - I'm simply trying to verbalize why I prefer open content. I will try and push publishers to be more open for the same reason I try to push coders to be more open; so that we all benefit. So that the best ideas disseminate as widely as possible, so the most elegant stuff is used everywhere. I may not change minds, but I consider it my ethical duty to try. And I sincerely and deeply appreciate all the open content that has been released and respect people's decisions to want to exercise control - I just don't subscribe to that philosophy, that's all. [/QUOTE]
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