Open content

creative work with few or no restrictions on how it may be used

set of principles and methodologies related to the production and distribution of knowledge works in an open manner

non-profit organization promoting free and reusable access to knowledge

social formation in which individual and collective knowledge and its organization are increasingly becoming the basis of social, economic and media coexistence

A netlabel (also online label, web label, digi label, MP3 label or download label) is a record label that distributes its music through digital audio formats (such as MP3, Ogg Vorbis, FLAC, or WAV) over the Internet. While similar to traditional record labels in many respects, netlabels typically emphasize free distribution online, often under licenses that encourage works to be shared (e.g., Creative Commons licenses), and artists often retain copyright.

'''''' ( "The Pirate Bureau") was a Swedish think tank established to support the free sharing of information, culture, and intellectual property. provided a counterpoint to lobby groups such as the Swedish Anti-Piracy Bureau.

non-profit foundation aiming to support and enable the development of freely reusable geospatial data

principles for data to facilitate machine readability without human intervention

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2008 film by Brett Gaylor

Openness is an overarching concept that is characterized by an emphasis on transparency and collaboration. That is, openness refers to "accessibility of knowledge, technology and other resources; the transparency of action; the permeability of organisational structures; and the inclusiveness of participation". Openness can be said to be the opposite of closedness, central authority and secrecy.

Thingiverse is a website dedicated to the sharing of user-created digital design files. Providing primarily free, open-source hardware designs licensed under the GNU General Public License or Creative Commons licenses, the site allows contributors to select a user license type for the designs that they share. 3D printers, laser cutters, milling machines and many other technologies can be used to physically create the files shared by the users on Thingiverse.

research that is openly accessible and modifiable to others

major international statement on open access, open education and open educational resources, 2007

information, data, and content that is collectively owned and managed by a community of users

charitable organization

Openverse is an open-source search engine for open content developed as part of the WordPress project. It searches Creative Commons licensed and public domain content from dozens of different sources. The software is licensed under the MIT License.

open-source methodologies

Library.nu, previously called ebooksclub.org from 2004 to 2007 and Gigapedia from 2007 to 2010, was a popular linking website. It was accused of copyright infringement and shut down by court order on February 15, 2012. According to the takedown notice, it hosted some 400,000 ebooks.

economic and technological framework which foresees the playback of prerecorded music as a service

free-content license by Open Content Project

Iversity (stylised as "iversity") is a Berlin-based online education platform. Since October 2013, iversity has specialised in providing online courses and lectures in higher education, specifically MOOCs (Massive Open Online Courses). Courses are free and open for anyone to enroll and participate. Many of them are conducted in English or German, but also in other languages. iversity cooperates with individual professors as well as different European universities. Some of the courses were winners of the MOOC Production Fellowship held in early 2013. iversity.org officially launched the MOOC pl

text definition of the term 'open' in the context of open content and open data

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