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Welcome to Sphere of Networks! This is a website that explains the diverse movement that is promoting Freedom of Information, or whatever else it might be called (free culture, open source culture, etc.), and its associated ideas.

It gives a comprehensive but simple overview of these ideas, especially suited for newcomers, on the green and blue levels (Nutshell and Overview on the right). The red level (Details) is the place where everybody is welcomed to contribute more in-depth information and write and talk about various topics that are of concern to the movement as well as collect links to more specific websites. Please contribute or add comments (click the discussion tab on top of pages).

While much of the information in this text came from all over the internet, it also builds mainly on three books which are all freely accessible on the internet:

• Stallman, Richard; Free Software, Free Society: Selected Essays of Richard M. Stallman, 2002

• Lessig, Lawrence; Free Culture: How Big Media Uses Technology and the Law to Lock Down Culture and Control Creativity, 2004

• Benkler, Yochai; The Wealth of Networks: How Social Production Transforms Markets and Freedom, 2006

If you wonder what this is actually all about:
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When you've established an overview over the topics discussed here, and would like to know even more or get links to more specialized websites:
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