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Open, Closed, Free or Fare?
Monday 3 December 2012
Creative Commons is an approach that attempts to ensure that information in its various forms, can be shared by others for free. That is my take on it at least. And over time we've seen some major organisations shape the idea of 'free' to 'free with conditions' and 'free for a fee'. The last one staggers me but hey, that's their approach not mine. Increasingly we are seeing examples of information that starts off as being 'free' then merged into a commercial 'not free' world and subsequently locking out the free content. I'm thinking of a
solution to that problem that works along the following lines:
What is required is a 'Free Infectious' license. I'm pretty certain that is not a great term for it and the concept is the same. People would mark their works using a Creative Commons style license as 'free' with the 'infectious' part of the deal meaning that ANY information that the 'free' information is attached to, would also then become 'free'. In other words, in using someone's work marked with a 'free infectious' license, people would agree that their own content would also then become free.
The free infection would replicate and prevent the lockdown and barrier installations that sees works of all kinds currently free to the public, from being locked away behind pay per view, pay per use firewalls and the like. Just an idea
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Sunday 20 May 2018
McKinsey's interview with Richard Thaler on 'debiasing the corporation' is a really good one. I've spent the best part of two decades trying to help organisations unpack their biases through the use of foresight. I recommend this article to you
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Monday 23 April 2018
As the Ipswich Council has determined that recycling schemes are too expensive and indicates it will end collections, the question is 'what happens next'? If result of the explosion in Tip fees by Councils around Australia is anything to go by, what happens next will not be good
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Friday 9 March 2018
As Nations look to develop their understanding of Productivity and more effective planning, National Productivity Councils are often the first point of call for Governments looking for ideas. The Asia Productivity Organisation has been running since 1961 helping its member countries develop more effective approaches. I've just spent a week in Tokyo helping a group of them think about the future
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