Is giving people the right to change, alter, and amend your software a good thing? What about doing this for your data? Companies used to think that publicizing their source code was the same as giving away their secret sauce.
But they’re beginning to realize the impact that open source has had in creating the things around them, such as mobile devices or TVs, and how much open source is a vehicle for change.
What if your secret sauce was the data you owned, and not the source code? Would you be as comfortable making it public? Is it possible to have a General Public License (GPL) for data?
