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Re: open source and the obligation to recycle



The benefits would be immeasurable.  If you didn't read the article Cal
provided, you ought to.  It proposes an intriquing idea that would be an
answer to a lot of problems re data migration and the like.  If those old
programs were still readily available, imagine how much simpler and less
troublesome to take in electronic media in collections.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Cal Lee" <calz@UMICH.EDU>
To: <ARCHIVES@LISTSERV.MUOHIO.EDU>
Sent: Thursday, January 03, 2002 11:38 PM
Subject: open source and the obligation to recycle


> A short piece by Tim O'Reilly on the value of "recycling" (placing in the
public domain) technologies
> and texts that are considered obsolete, unprofitable or for which the
creating company has gone out of
> business.
>
> Open Source and the Obligation to Recycle
> http://www.oreillynet.com/timo.html
>
> "I'd like to urge every company whose products are 'obsolete' to consider
making them available under
> an open source license, or putting them in the public domain. While many
of these contributions may go
> unnoticed and unused, they will enrich the soil of our collective
commons."
>
> Such an approach would be incredibly beneficial to the archival profession
and those we serve.
>
> =========================================================
>  Cal Lee
>  University of Michigan
>  School of Information
>  Phone: 734-647-0505
>  http://www-personal.si.umich.edu/~calz/
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