Comments on: <N> Reasons Why Open Standards, more than Open Source, Really Matter http://www.cognition.ca/2009/02/n-reasons-why-open-standards-more-than-open-source-really-matter.html Balls-in-the-air Entrepreneurship and Juggling. Wed, 10 Feb 2010 15:30:51 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Jesse Andrews http://www.cognition.ca/2009/02/n-reasons-why-open-standards-more-than-open-source-really-matter.html/comment-page-1#comment-401 Jesse Andrews Wed, 11 Feb 2009 06:39:01 +0000 http://www.cognition.ca/?p=128#comment-401 Interestingly the Dewey Decimal System is trademarked and copyright OCLC (who in 2003 sued the Library Hotel for using it!) Just as it is obvious to us why net neutrality, open standards, open source are important - there are many things that we don't see: http://www.librarything.com/thingology/2008/12/new-oclc-logos.php DDC is an example of something that seems open and people adopt, and then suddenly what was thought to be a commons is owned by a company... *cough* rambus *cough*... Interestingly the Dewey Decimal System is trademarked and copyright OCLC (who in 2003 sued the Library Hotel for using it!)

Just as it is obvious to us why net neutrality, open standards, open source are important – there are many things that we don’t see:

http://www.librarything.com/thingology/2008/12/new-oclc-logos.php

DDC is an example of something that seems open and people adopt, and then suddenly what was thought to be a commons is owned by a company… *cough* rambus *cough*…

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