Template:Patents, Intellectual Property & Future Freedom
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Patents, Intellectual Property & Future Freedom
The big picture
The true networked community is build around a philosophy, a freedom based social model. Due to this model our community is gaining popularity and is growing, in fact it is exploding. But there is more. Activities are expanding from hacking (i.e. writing) free and open source software towards digital content like wikipedia and even further towards political activities. The community has become a new force in democracies that cannot be ignored anymore. But it raises questions too like: Can we become offensive instead of defensive? Are we able to attract "common" people and create awareness? Can we apply our business model to other area's? WTH is a perfect occasion to set targets for the coming years. The subjects at WTH - and more - should be glued together in a larger context. A group of Vrijschrift.org core members tried to answer questions and made a proposal for our community that will be presented at WTH. We try to answer questions like: How can we bring in all brains in the world to help the progression of mankind? How can we make politicians aware to follow our course? Can we fight terrorism by fighting illiteracy through the net? Tough questions that are hard to answer but interesting enough to answer in the coming (four) years.
