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We discussed the four freedoms of software as well as crowdsourcing via wikipedia. The fact that people who are experts in their field can edit an entire wikipedia page to reflect their studies and findings is amazing. Crowdsourcing allows a large amount of people who are most often unpaid to provide information to the masses. It allows people to capitalize on their own knowledge to educate the public. “Free” internet allows us to not only learn, but educate as well, which is powerful.

 

 

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