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Infotopia

I find it interesting that we were all so trepedatious about using Wikis because they might not have looked official enough, yet the Department of Defense and other government agencies use wikis regularly. Yet I wonder, even though they're password protected, how safe are they? All someone needs is a password, which can sometimes be really easy to get, and they can change anything they want.
Also, I like how the Patent system was originally set up to promote intellectual freedom, but it has gotten so messed up in the centuries since that there is more freedom in open source. Is it possible that people now care less about money and more about intellectual freedom, thanks to open source science and software?

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