Within StarCity International (SCI) philosophy, “Open source” is also called
“Open Access” which means that anyone can freely access, use,
modify and pass on the knowledge of the research findings, new
technologies and new discoveries of any kind. In this way, what
is being developed by the society will in return be beneficial
to all the member of the society, and not only few selfish individual
or private corporations.
Following the philosophy and principles of the Free Software Foundtion, any kind of work and creation stemming from SCI will be made
freely available and distributed at no cost under General Public
License, GPL. This license
does not restrict what people do but on the contrary, prevent
them from restricting others. It ensures that the principles
of freedom are respected.
Since all phases of development and work in progress
will be widely made available to the general public via the internet,
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individual incremental effort or collaboration,
will be able to contribute, advance and improve the level of
technologies and science, for the sole purpose of the betterment
of the society as a whole.
In such a collaborative system, devoid of monetary
incentives and commercial selfish profits, there is no competitive
advantage to gain; therefore the notion of intellectual property,
proprietary knowledge, patents and trade secrets is totally obsolete.
People will do what they do, not for money, but simply because
they like and want to do it. And when you do something because
it is your hobby or your passion; you can be sure that the outcome
will be of greater quality!
This “Open Access” culture can
be summarized as the freedom to creatively contribute to and
freely share the knowledge. As a result, the removing of access
barriers to the information will accelerate research and lay
the foundation for uniting humanity in a common intellectual
endeavour and quest for knowledge, which will in turn culminate
in broader and faster application of new scientific discoveries
and development of new technologies.
The ultimate goal of SCI is that one day;
“Open Source” will become “Open Resource” which means that
not only every idea or concept will be offered for free,
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goods would also be available,
for free, to whom may need or simply wanted them!
SCI is aiming to
become the world’s most important “Open Access” scientific
and technological platform totally dedicated to push the
limits of knowledge through the advancement of science. 
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