The first subject, Information, is perhaps the oldest part of
this movement. Gutenberg can be considered one of its earliest
advocates, since he invented the printing press, allowing the
public at large to read and become educated. Today, Open
Information has grown phenomenally with the internet, which
allows anybody online to access an immense wealth of knowledge.
More recently there have been more or less successful attempts
to centralize open knowledge. Wikipedia, for example, is an
online encyclopedia where anyone can contribute, correct, or
complete articles. In April 2005 it had some 538,000 articles in
English (and more than 940 articles added per day), making it
larger than any other encyclopedia, printed or online.Last
modified on 14 July 2006, at 06:54