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09 Oct 07

Downloadable version of the book "Democratizing Innovation" by Eric Von Hippel from MIT. From the book: "Information is rapidly becoming democratized. Users, aided by improvements in computer and communication technology, increasingly can develop their ow - alexko on 2006-11-18

From the page: "Free software is built on the premise that sharing ideas is both morally and pragmatically superior. But software patents are often employed by corporations to build walls around ideas. How can the two concepts be reconciled?" - alexko on 2006-11-18

From the page: "The basic idea behind OpenPatents.org is to change the rules of the patent game such that it is to the advantage of participants to help solve the problems of software patents." - alexko on 2006-11-18

From the page: "IP.com launches a powerful web service, Patent Debate, to enable the public to comment on patent applications while they are still pending." - alexko on 2006-11-18

A different perspective on copyright. From the page: "Copyright was originally designed to subsidize distribution, not creation." - alexko on 2006-11-18

If nature has made any one thing less susceptible than all others of
exclusive property, it is the action of the thinking power called an
idea --Thomas Jefferson - alexko on 2006-11-18

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08 Aug 07

Praising companies for providing APIs to get your own data out is like
praising auto companies for not filling your airbags with gravel.
One of the bitter truths about "Web 2.0" is that your data isn't all that interesting, our data on the other hand is very interesting.
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- Being able to get your data out via APIs is a good first step but what
  is really interesting is being able to get everyone else’s data out of
  the service as well. Then we would have the beginings of truly
  open and free data on the Web which would lead to very, very
  interesting possibilities.

07 Aug 07

I don’t think it’s our time we’re contributing but, indeed, our wisdom:
the way we think, the way we look at the world: That’s what’s really
valuable, for it allows others to speak directly to us in our own
language.
The admission fee for the Web 2.0 Conference was $2800. Clearly, Tim O’Reilly owns the wisdom of the crowd.