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The Open Knowledge Definition (OKD) sets out principles to define the 'open' in open knowledge. The term knowledge is used broadly and it includes all forms of data, content such as music, films or books as well any other type of information.
In the simplest form the definition can be summed up in the statement that "A piece of knowledge is open if you are free to use, reuse, and redistribute it".
?. published on the web by University of Pittsburgh, School of Information Sciences, (2003)Report on the NSF Workshop on Research Directions for Digital Libraries, June 15-17, 2003, Chatham, MA.