-> — *David Foster Wallace*
+- David Foster Wallace
# Foreword
For more about the licenses including examples and tips on sharing your
work in the digital commons, start with the Creative Commons page called
"Share Your Work" at
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[](http://creativecommons.org/share-your-work/).
All together, these factors---the crass tone of the game and company,
the free download, the
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openness to fans remixing the game---give
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the game a massive cult following.
Their success is not the result of a grand plan. Instead, Cards Against
infrastructure. Figshare-hosted data also provides a link back to the
article, generating additional click-through and readership---a benefit
to both journal publishers and researchers. Figshare now provides
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research-data infrastructure for a wide variety of publishers including
Wiley, Springer Nature, PLOS, and Taylor and Francis, to name a few, and
has convinced them to use Creative Commons licenses for the data.
Lillian sees Figure.NZ's model as having global potential. But for now,
their focus is completely on making Figure.NZ work in New Zealand and to
get the "network effect"---
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users dramatically increasing value for themselves and for others
through use of their service. Creative Commons is core to making the
network effect possible.
final product of his work is a song rather than news. "There is
something about being challenged and forced to take information that
doesn't seem like it should be sung about
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or doesn't seem like it lends itself to a song," he said. "I find that
creative challenge really satisfying. I enjoy getting lost in that
process."