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Reverse Angle
High Hopes
One of the virtues of open source (and open content) is that data can head off in directions never imagined by the originators.
To have an agenda here is to have no agenda at all as one can't be sure where we'll end.
Copyright
Copyright developed in the age of the printing press, and was designed
to fit well with the system of centralized copying imposed by the
printing press. But the copyright system does not fit well with
computer networks, and only Draconian punishments can enforce
it. Today the global corporations that profit from copyright are
attempting to increase their copyright powers, while suppressing
public access to technology so that they can retain control. But if we
seriously hope to serve the purpose for which copyright was
established in the US--to promote progress, for the benefit of the
public--what needs to be done is either to reduce copyright powers or
effectively eliminate them, depending on the kind of work. Governments
must now protect the public's right to copy.
More of Stallman on copyright
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