Today a new concept is being launched, one that I am very proud to be associated with, more so, one that I anticipate will become great!
Open SA! is a pilot project in collaboration with SA Rocks and the African Commons Project that enables people to share historical and cultural materials about South Africa for the benefit of all.
Heather informed me about this project a little while ago and I jumped to the opportunity to participate. I made a selection of my photographs available for this project (by licensing the images under a Creative Commons license, and adding them to the Open SA! Flickr group).
I am excited to wintess the growth of this site and the material contributed towards the cause, and finally seeing what will be done with that material.
As I said in the Open SA! interview:
With the incalculable amount of historic and cultural material South Africa harbors, it [open licening material] is not just only a viable idea, but is in the best interests of South Africa and South Africans to participate in establishing a public domain of material. What good are the historic and cultural materials if they cannot be used and reused creatively?
