Does this declaration include the “libre” definition?
“Libre” resources and the libre definition arise from the need to distinguish among those resources that are merely “cost-free”, versus those resources that “respect the users’ essential freedoms: the freedom to use the work for any purpose, to study its mechanisms to be able to modify and adapt it to their own needs, to make and distribute copies in whole or in part, and to enhance or extend the work and share the results freely.” We believe that the Cape Town Declaration encompasses these ideals, but also recognize that there is always room for alternative interpretations of the text. We chose to use more accessible language (the word “libre” does not mean anything to most English speakers, which is the original language of the text), despite some of the ambiguities that might result. We encourage continued dialog among all members of the open/libre education communities and hope that this declaration will ultimately benefit everyone involved, regardless of variation in some of the d
