That's an amazing quote Fabian! L On 10 November 2017 at 17:59, <[email protected]> wrote:
> Well, there was a conception open documents certainly back in the > fifties. Check Neils Bohr's concept of an Open World in his *Open Letter > to the United Nations > <http://www.atomicarchive.com/Docs/Deterrence/BohrUN.shtml>*June 9, 1950 > <http://www.atomicarchive.com/Docs/Deterrence/BohrUN.shtml>. > > *The ideal of an open world, with common knowledge about social conditions > and technical enterprises, including military preparations, in every > country, might seem a far remote possibility in the prevailing world > situation. Still, not only will such relationship between nations obviously > be required for genuine co-operation on progress of civilization, but even > a common declaration of adherence to such a course would create a most > favourable background for concerted efforts to promote universal security. > Moreover, it appeared to me that the countries which had pioneered in the > new technical development might, due to their possibilities of offering > valuable information, be in a special position to take the initiative by a > direct proposal of full mutual openness.* > > all the best > > Fabian > > On 10 November 2017 at 14:17 Rex X <[email protected]> wrote: > > I know my old dinosaur brain gets confused easily these days, but I seem to > remember that when we were typing our theses back in the '60s, there > wasn't any > such thing as an open document. Maybe that's why? > > -- > T-Rexx > > On 10 November 2017 at 10:56 Charles Matthews > > <[email protected]> wrote: > > On 10 November 2017 at 09:28 Gordon Joly <[email protected]> wrote: > > On 02/11/17 21:12, Charles Matthews wrote: > > The meetup has a conventional wiki page > > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Meetup/Cambridge/36 > > Can you ask Prof. Hawking why he did not publish his thesis as an open > document? > > Sure, next meeting he attends. (It gives me a chance to say that, from the > point > of view of wheelchair access, the current venue is much better than we have > had > in the past.) In fact the last time I was in a room with him, it was at a a > shortened version of the Ring Cycle. But that was many years ago. > > Hawking's papers are actually at the Moore Library in Cambridge. > > Charles_______________________________________________ > Wikimedia UK mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l > WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia UK mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l > WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk > > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia UK mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l > WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk > -- Lucy Crompton-Reid Chief Executive Wikimedia UK +44 (0) 203 372 0762 Wikimedia UK is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and Wales, Registered No. 6741827. Registered Charity No.1144513. Registered Office Ground Floor, Europoint, 5 - 11 Lavington Street, London SE1 0NZ. Wikimedia UK is the UK chapter of a global Wikimedia movement. The Wikimedia projects are run by the Wikimedia Foundation (who operate Wikipedia, amongst other projects). *Wikimedia UK is an independent non-profit charity with no legal control over Wikipedia nor responsibility for its contents.*
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