Open Source Media

Monday, January 7th, 2008

Just how open is open when it comes to free downloads and remixing? Matt Hanson from A Swarm of Angels has proposed a framework to help define the “openness” of a piece of work:

These are three proposed states for open media, each building on the next:

 

Open (O-):
The baseline, concerned with freely consuming and sharing the content

 

Open source (O):
Being able to view and remix the source files

 

Open Plus (O+):
The ability to participate in a transparent, documented process

Read the rest of his proposal here.