[Irtalk] Putting Open at the Heart of the Digital Age | Open Knowledge Blog

[Hilton Gibson]

But, the printing press was just the means: it was Tyndale’s work putting
the Bible in everyday language that actually *opened* it up. *And he did
this with the express purpose of empowering and liberating ordinary people*
– giving them the opportunity to understand, think and decide for
themselves. *This was open knowledge as freedom, open knowledge as
systematic change.*

http://blog.okfn.org/2015/06/05/putting-open-at-the-heart-of-the-digital-age
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