Free…beer? February 15

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Yes, free beer is here.

In a day an age where information is bought and sold like gold, and thoughts and ideas can be patented, it is amazing that alcohol is the one product that is breaking through these barriers. Here is a short explanation from the FREE BEER blog:

FREE BEER is based on classic ale brewing traditions, but with addded [sic] Guaraná for a natural energy boost. The recipe and branding elements of FREE BEER is published under a Creative Commons (Attribution-ShareAlike 2.5) license, which means that anyone can use the recipe to brew their own FREE BEER or create a derivative of the recipe. Anyone is free to earn money from FREE BEER, but they must publish the recipe under the same license and credit our work. All design and branding elements are available to beer brewers, and can be modified to suit, provided changes are published under the same license (”Attribution & Share Alike”)

We keep and hoard our ideas to the extent that they sometimes don’t even get used. Where does that get us? In order to become a sustainable species, we need to learn to work together to make things better.

Just think about it; if they can successfully have FREE BEER, why not FREE music, FREE art, FREE technology.