From Open Source to Open Content

Open Content

In the summer of 1998, shortly after the creation of the term "open source," I coined the term "open content" to try to bring the powerful ideas of open source to bear on non-software works, and especially educational materials. Here's a bit of the tale. (If you prefer reading to viewing, check out the Wikipedia article on open content Links to an external site..) 

David Wiley relates the history of open content