Try Lawrence Lessig's book, where he explains Creative Commons.
http://www.ibiblio.org/ebooks/Lessig/Free_Culture/Free%20Culture.htm#p282a On 10/24/2011 08:28 PM, Richard Cyganiak wrote:
Dear list, We all know that data publishers *should* publish their data along with an explicit license that explains what kind of re-use is allowed. Can anyone suggest a good reference/link/URL that makes this case? A blog post or advocacy site or similar? Bonus points if it has specific recommendations for RDF. My preferred candidate so far is this – but it's not particularly strong on the “why”: http://www.w3.org/TR/void/#license Thanks, Richard