Content projects

There are a number of core problems that must be addressed before we can build and maintain a multilingual body of freely accessible knowledge, content for learning, and collaborative projects. A few are listed below, along with some ideas of how to start tackling them in the short term.

Formats and free licenses

Compatibility, definitions, and cross-identification. The free culture movement in contrast with specific definitions and subclasses.

Localization

A hydra in more ways than one.

Internationalization

Many content creators and providers are oblivious to best practices and even the need for i18n in developing tools and content.

Translation

Distributed translators.

Announcing and finding free materials

OER organization; open source software organization; coordination of searches by license, topic, and format; Wikimedia searching; media storing on Archive.org / Ourmedia / Wikimedia / Flickr / Youtube / Myspace...

Creator networks

Local hubs, global projects, and university-sponsored mentoring networks.

Academia

Defined in terms of the freedom of the work it produces; still often closed in practice.

Youth

Some of the most active sharers and creators on the planet; often use non-free licenses and projects for lack of interest or awareness that there is a difference. Rarely collaborate on educational materials unless specifically involved in projects that teach them they have something to teach.

Free content microgrants

There are a few places to get a microgrant for content creation; often specially earmarked for materials that are licensed freely. GV grants, OS foundation projects.