Z:gnu-www-ja-lessig-fsfs-intro--152136-All the material in this proce/en

All the material in this process is free in the sense that Stallman means. Legal briefs are open and free for others to use. The arguments are transparent (which is different from saying they are good) and the reasoning can be taken without the permission of the original lawyers. The opinions they produce can be quoted in later briefs. They can be copied and integrated into another brief or opinion. The &ldquo;source code&rdquo; for American law is by design, and by principle, open and free for anyone to take. And take lawyers do &mdash; for it is a measure of a great brief that it achieves its creativity through the reuse of what happened before. The source is free; creativity and an economy is built upon it.