Open Knowledge is a term for principles and methods for the free generation and dissemination of knowledge. Knowledge is widely understood as

According to the Open Knowledge Definition, knowledge is open if anyone can make free use, reuse and disseminate without legal, social or technological restrictions.

Open Knowledge can be considered as a superset of open data, open content and open access to clarify the interfaces between them. The concept is also closely linked to open source and many concepts and processes derived directly from earlier open source work (for example, the Open Knowledge Definition is directly derived from the Open Source Definition). History

Open Knowledge is similar to other open concepts such as open data and open content. The term is already old: one of the first written texts of Buddhist Diamond sutra from China around the year 868 already announced a general free distribution. Organizations that share Open Knowledge Also see

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