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For [[Open Source Appropriate Technology]], we strongly recommend either:  
For [[Open Source Appropriate Technology]], we strongly recommend either:  
* The [[CC-by-sa]] license (Creative Commons Attribution ShareAlike)  
* The [[CC-by-sa]] license (Creative Commons Attribution ShareAlike)  
or public domain.
or public domain.  
* I.e. explicitly relinquishing all copyrights.
Note that saying "feel free to use this" does not have clear legal force - if you want to be part of the knowledge commons, choose one of these options.<ref>The less common [[CC-by]] license serves just as well - it lies between CC-by-sa and public domain, requiring attribution but not requiring derivative works to follow the same license.</ref>


That's speaking on behalf of myself and the Appropedians I discuss this with, including [[User J.M.Pearce|Prof Joshua Pearce]] (see his paper...)
That's speaking on behalf of myself and the Appropedians I discuss this with, including [[User J.M.Pearce|Prof Joshua Pearce]] (see his paper...)
[[User:Vinay Gupta|Vinay Gupta]] (creator of the [[Hexayurt Project]], which releases its work as public domain.  
[[User:Vinay Gupta|Vinay Gupta]] (creator of the [[Hexayurt Project]], which releases its work as public domain. I.e. explicitly relinquishing all copyrights.  


Friends who share this philosophy of sharing include:
Friends who share this philosophy of sharing include:
* [[Open Source Ecology]][http://opensourceecology.org/]
* [[Open Source Ecology]][http://opensourceecology.org/]
* [[AIDG]][http://aidg.org/] - Appropriate Infrastructure Development Group.
* [[AIDG]][http://aidg.org/] - Appropriate Infrastructure Development Group.
* [https://twitter.com/alanna_shaikh/ Alanna Shaikh]'s development blog, [http://bloodandmilk.org/ ''Blood and Milk''], licensed as [[CC-by-sa]].<ref>[http://bloodandmilk.org/2001/04/10/occasionally-asked-questions/ License statement]</ref> ''Blood and Milk'' looks at what works and what doesn't in international development - i.e. the [[principles of development]]. That's important when looking at [[appropriate technology]] - which is about understanding [[context]] rather than simply applying technology.  
* [https://twitter.com/alanna_shaikh/ Alanna Shaikh]'s development blog, [http://bloodandmilk.org/ Blood and Milk], licensed as [[CC-by]].<ref>CC-by serves just as well - it lies between CC-by-sa and public domain, requiring attribution but not requiring derivative works to follow the same license.</ref> Blood and Milk looks at what works and what doesn't in international development - i.e. the [[principles of development]]. That's important when looking at [[appropriate technology]] - which is about understanding [[context]] rather than simply applying technology.  


=== Why this matters ===
=== Why this matters ===
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Please avoid using additional restrictions which reduce the free flow of knowledge - see  
Please avoid using additional restrictions which reduce the free flow of knowledge - see  
Don't mix up "public domain" with "[[open access]]" - just because something can be accessed without restriction or cost doesn't make it public domain in the true sense.


=== So what do I do? ===
=== So what do I do? ===
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