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Florence Devouard - fdevouard@anthere.org Internet in a spin December 2008 Florence Nibart Devouard fdevouard@anthere.org
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Florence Devouard - fdevouard@anthere.org Wikipedia radical idea Imagine a world… in which every single person is given access to the sum of human knowledge My daughter, unknown artist, before I bought her a real computer
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Florence Devouard - fdevouard@anthere.org Global top 10 website (Alexa, ComScore, Nielsen) Latin America -- 34% reach North America -- 31% reach Middle East/Africa -- 25% reach Asia Pacific -- 17% reach Europe – 32% reach
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Florence Devouard - fdevouard@anthere.org 1.10,000,000+ articles (85k in Hebrew) 2.250+ languages 3.Free of charge, free of advertising 4.Free to reuse and redistribute 5.Freely editable Wikipedia, the basics
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Florence Devouard - fdevouard@anthere.org Open source: maximizes progress through cooperation Free licence: prevents restrictions to dissemination Selection of children-safe Wikipedia content distributed in UK, Pakistan, SA
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Florence Devouard - fdevouard@anthere.org Open source: maximizes progress through cooperation Free licence: prevents restrictions to dissemination English Wikipedia content distributed on the One Laptop Per Child project
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Florence Devouard - fdevouard@anthere.org Open source: maximizes progress through cooperation Free licence: prevents restrictions to dissemination Offline version of Wikipedia distributed in Africa
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Florence Devouard - fdevouard@anthere.org Reusing content on commercial websites
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Florence Devouard - fdevouard@anthere.org
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Hosting the Websites (WMF only) Facilitating collection of content Facilitating collection of content Developing the software Strengthening community - Scanning old books - Liberating copyrighted content … -Accessibility -Print-on-demand -Video collaboration… -Annual conference -Wikipedia Academy … - digitization projects - participation to events Foundation Wikimedia & Wikimedia Chapters missions Facilitating dissemination of content - CD/DVD/USB Key - Cell phones - OLPC…
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Florence Devouard - fdevouard@anthere.org Primarily on Gift Economy But also on the sale of services And on brand licencing A financial strategy based…
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Florence Devouard - fdevouard@anthere.org Thank you for your generosity !
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Florence Devouard - fdevouard@anthere.org
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Global trends Production of resources for companies Decentralized, hands off attitude works Impact on reputation Implications of WP on companies
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Florence Devouard - fdevouard@anthere.org Global trends Open doors attract members of the global talent pool Creation (or re-creation of tribes) Open systems make bounderies porous to external ideas Openness allows to share successes with others Community united by goals, rules and values An economy based on hope and trust Global trends - enterprise 2.0
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Florence Devouard - fdevouard@anthere.org Developing sustainable models where… Creators can make a living Dissemination and remix of works is facilitated Access to knowledge and education to all is made possible Emergence of new creators is facilitated
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