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[okfn-announce] Open Knowledge Foundation Newsletter No. 4 Thu Oct 18 18:12:00 BST 2007

Welcome to the fourth Open Knowledge Foundation newsletter.

Contents:

* Public Domain Works joins the Open Library * CKAN is growing - over 100 packages so far * talk at SCL's Law 2.0 * other news in brief * support the Open Knowledge Foundation! * further information

PUBLIC DOMAIN WORKS JOINS THE OPEN LIBRARY

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Public Domain Works, an open registry of artistic works in the public domain, is going to join up with the Open Library.

The project, which is a joint initiative of the Open Knowledge Foundation, the Open Rights Group and Free Culture UK, has data representing thousands of artists and works. This data will be uploaded to the Open Library, and will be accessible via web services which will show which works are out of copyright in different jurisdictions.

Public Domain Works  The Open Library 

CKAN IS GROWING - OVER 100 PACKAGES SO FAR

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The Comprehensive Knowledge Archive Network (CKAN) is growing steadily thanks to user contributions. The registry now has over 100 open knowledge packages - from geodata to educational materials. The spam that we're starting to get is a sure sign we're getting noticed!

If you come across or know of an open knowledge package that isn't listed, please consider registering it at CKAN...

CKAN 

TALK AT SCL'S LAW 2.0

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Rufus Pollock, Executive Director of the Open Knowledge Foundation, gave a talk at the the Society for Computers and Law's 'Law 2.0' event entitled 'Openness, Web 2.0 and the Ethic of Sharing'.

The talk takes a broad-ranging and historical look at the economic and social benefits of open knowledge.

'Openness, Web 2.0 and the Ethic of Sharing' 

OTHER NEWS IN BRIEF

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- AMEE, 'the world's energy meter', forges ahead in open service development 

- First draft of the Open Database License released 

- KForge v0.14 released 

SUPPORT THE OPEN KNOWLEDGE FOUNDATION!

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A donation to the Open Knowledge Foundation would greatly help us with our overhead costs, including hosting (currently around £1000/year) and project development. To find out more about supporting our work, please visit:

http://www.okfn.org/support

FURTHER INFORMATION

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If you would like to know more about what we are up to, please take a look at our active projects page.

http://www.okfn.org/projects/

If you are interested in participating in any of the OKF's projects, please see our participate page, or join the OKF discuss list.

http://www.okfn.org/participate/ http://lists.okfn.org/mailman/listinfo/okfn-discuss

For further news and comments, see our blog:

http://blog.okfn.org

The Open Knowledge Foundation is a not-for-profit organization. It is incorporated in the United Kingdom as a company limited by guarantee with company number 5133759. The registered office is 37 Panton Street, Cambridge, CB2 1HL, UK.