2008-12-02 Open Transition Principles

2008-12-02 Larry Lessig Larry Lessig \open government http://lessig.org/blog/2008/12/open_transition_principles.html Open Transition Principles Open Transition Principles  You can read the rationale for the principles at open-government.us. Put briefly, the three principles are: Some have framed these as "demands" made of the administration. That's like saying the mouse can make demands of the lion. We're not making demands; we're describing good policy. Or at least, good policy as we see it.
 * 1) No Legal Barrier to Sharing (law (copyright law) should not block sharing);
 * 2) No Technological Barrier to Sharing (code (limitations on downloads, for example) should not block sharing);
 * 3) Free competition (no alliances should favor one commercial entity over another, or commercial over noncommercial entities).

&ldquo;...over the weekend, a bunch of us got together to begin (actually, continue) the process of framing "open government principles."&rdquo;   