In this series Jimmy Wales recalls how a dream to make knowledge available to every person with Internet access was the beginning of what would become the largest online encyclopedia and the fifth most visited webpage in the world. Making information, videos, photographs, and other related material accessible for free viewing is not an easy task; eventually leading to the development of Creative Commons.

Get the Flash Player to see this player. Loading... Wikipedia October 23, 2008 | 09:08 “Imagine a world where every single person on the planet has free access to the sum of all human knowledge.” This was the vision that guided Jimmy Wales when he founded Wikipedia in 2001. In this video he recalls how it all began. He also talks about the challenges facing a nonprofit company.

A Creative Commons World: Free to Choose, to Create, to Innovate, to Learn, to Imagine

Interview with Jimmy Wales by Luis Figueroa October 23, 2008| 07:14 Jimmy Wales explains that the original idea for the project stems from Friedrich A. Hayek's thoughts on the impossibility of central planning and the existence of disperse knowledge. Read more

Interview with Jimmy Wales by Christian Van Der Henst October 23, 2008 | 12:40 Open-source software has helped Wikipedia in its development. Jimmy Wales discusses its future development and growth. Read more

Free Culture and a Creative Commons World October 24, 2008 | 91:38 When working with open-source software that will be seen by thousands of people, it is necessary to have licenses. This led to the establishment of Creative Commons. Read more

Jimmy Wales is the founder of Wikipedia, the free online encyclopedia created in 2001. He is a board member and chair emeritus of the Wikimedia Foundation that operates several online collaborative wiki projects, including Wikipedia, Wiktionary, Wikiquote, and others. He also serves as president of Wikia, Inc. Wales holds bachelor’s and master’s degrees in finance from Auburn University and University of Alabama, respectively.

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Last Update: 28/10/2008