Editing Openness (section)

== In creative works ==
{{Main article|Open content}}

[[Open content]] and [[free content]] both refer to creative works that lack restrictions on how people can use, modify, and distribute them.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://freedomdefined.org/Definition |title=Definition of Free Cultural Works |access-date=8 December 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-doc.html |title=Free Software and Free Manuals |access-date=March 22, 2009 |last=Stallman |first=Richard |author-link=Richard Stallman |date=November 13, 2008 |publisher=[[Free Software Foundation]]}}</ref><ref name="grossman">{{Cite news | last = Grossman| first = Lev| title = New Free License to Cover Content Online| work = Netly News|access-date = 2010-01-12| date = 1998-07-18| url = http://www.time.com/time/digital/daily/0,2822,621,00.html | url-status = dead|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20000619122406/http://www.time.com/time/digital/daily/0,2822,621,00.html |archive-date = 2000-06-19}}</ref>   The terms derive from [[open source software]] and [[free software]], similar concepts that refer specifically to software.<ref name="Open Content">{{cite web
| last = Wiley| first = David| title = Open Content| work = OpenContent.org| access-date = 2012-04-17| year = 1998| url = http://www.opencontent.org/home.shtml| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/19990128224600/http://www.opencontent.org/home.shtml| archive-date = 1999-01-28}}</ref>