Liz Henry

Response to Skype chat with Liz Henry

Liz Henry has written for magazines, blogs, and translates poetry. She is a supporter of the Open Source movement and publishes much of her work online.

In 1983 there was a movement for free software, some people were excited about it and others were pretty upset. The Open Source movement discussing “free” software, meaning that you can see the coding and software of a particular company but not a free foundation for someone to take. She related this idea to making a sandwich, you should be able to learn to make the sandwich yourself, and put your own spin on it.

Henry doesn’t want people to steal and sell her work, but at the same time she enjoys putting her work on the Internet for other people to view. Copyright agreements are extremely important when putting your personal work on display, and she encourages that everyone becomes familiar with various licensing policies. She wishes that when she started writing that she put more on the Internet for people to view. When writing for a magazine or newspaper, it will disappear from people’s view at some point, but when something is on the Internet it can be viewed as many times as someone would like. This allows for people to give feedback and she has experienced many benefits from published her work on the Internet.

Liz Henry on BlogHer:
http://www.blogher.com/blog/liz-henry