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Open Source is a broad definition. It often refers to an object, physical or digital, that has it's Recipe, Design Blueprints or Software Code made freely available to the public to share, modify, and in some permitted cases, sell. This is made possible by giving the object a very lenient copyright license. Open Source as a concept is part of the [[w:copyleft|Copyleft movement]]. | Open Source is a broad definition. It often refers to an object, physical or digital, that has it's Recipe, Design Blueprints or Software Code made freely available to the public to share, modify, and in some permitted cases, sell. This is made possible by giving the object a very lenient copyright license. Open Source as a concept is part of the [[w:copyleft|Copyleft movement]]. | ||
==Why It Matters== | ==Why It Matters== | ||
In todays world, a lot of knowledge is not free. A lot of knowledge is horded by the wealthy by abusing copyright patents. It can allow corporations to develop life saving medicines and other beneficial things for our world and put them behind a paywall. In the case of [[greenwashing]] it can allow | In todays world, a lot of knowledge is not free. A lot of knowledge is horded by the wealthy by abusing copyright patents. It can allow corporations to develop life saving medicines and other beneficial things for our world and put them behind a paywall. In the case of [[greenwashing]] it can allow | ||