I agree, but the message is that to do open content is not mandatory to
have open software. Everyone can release open content generated/elaborated
with his own software.
And viceversa, who uses open software can use it also for "close" content.
It's the same distinction that legally exists between software and
content/data.
What I have understood is that there is a larger vision of open knowledge
and a closer one. The same Wikipedia's articles are not clear.
Personally I consider the open knowledge derivative of the open software
and a subset of the open software, but I respect the vision of the other
party.
For this reason I am saying that should be defined who can receive
financial support.
The importance of free software is not excluded (and I said that it's
strategical), but the users have the freedom to choose their own tools and
what can match their knowledge/expertise.
Regards
On Tue, Sep 23, 2014 at 11:42 AM, Quim Gil <qgil(a)wikimedia.org> wrote:
On Tue, Sep 23, 2014 at 10:02 AM, Ilario Valdelli
<valdelli(a)gmail.com>
wrote:
The question is that open software and open knowledge are not so close as
open knowledge and open data and open content, for instance.
Maybe I'm misreading the "not so close" part, but just in case:
Free software is a subset of free knowledge, and a very important one for
Wikimedia since all our content is digital. Free knowledge run by non-free
software is captive, as many open initiatives dismissing this point have
learned the hard way. We can't take for granted that free software will be
always available and maintained either. This is why we need to take the
collaboration with free software initiatives vital to us as seriously as
the collaboration with other open knowledge initiatives.
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