[Foundation-l] Our values

Nikola Smolenski smolensk at EUnet.yu
Wed Jan 30 15:13:35 UTC 2008


Birgitte SB wrote:
> How aout "Accessibility"?
> 
> In dealing with free content for en.WS I always think
> of the two main concerns as "Freedom" and
> "Accessibility".  There are many PD works which are
> free from copyright but will never be scanned and put
> online because they only exist in a collection with
> retricted *access*.  I think this is the issue
> Florence really means to address here, all the legal
> freedom to distribute modify something is useless if
> you cannot get access to it.

I agree with you, though the word "accessibility" isn't very best, as it 
usually refers to possibility of acces of disabled persons.




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