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[homepage][s]: tweak summary of what openness means.
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rufuspollock committed Sep 10, 2014
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Expand Up @@ -15,7 +15,11 @@ It makes **precise** the meaning of "open" in the terms **"open data"** and **"o

It can be summed up in the statement that:

> "Knowledge is open if **anyone** is **free to access, use, modify, and share it** — subject, at most, to measures that preserve provenance and openness."
> "Open means **anyone** can **freely access, use, modify, and share** for **any purpose** (subject, at most, to requirements that preserve provenance and openness)."
Put most succinctly:

> "Open data can be **freely use, modified, and shared** by **anyone** for **any purpose**
<a href="/od/" class="btn btn-primary btn-large">Read the full Open Definition »</a>

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@pietercolpaert
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freely use_d_, forgot the letter "d"

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Not a fan of this edit. Why go data-specific? And that isn't most succinct. For instance, "Open means free for any use by anyone" is shorter.

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As anyone reading lists lately would expect, I too object to the data-specific wording. Moreso, I find it really clunky and excessive to have two summary statements. I also dislike removing "access" from any list of qualities.

The solution if we want absolute succinctness could have a very short bold intro before the full definition, as in:

"Open" means unrestricted. Specifically, anyone can freely access, use, modify, and share any open data, open content, and other form of open knowledge (subject, at most, to measures that preserve provenance and openness).

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