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An '''open encyclopedia''' is an [[encyclopedia]] that is openly accessible, usable, editable, and distributable for any purpose. The open encyclopedia is licensed with an [[open license]] which gives permission to use the encyclopedia as described above.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Wikipedia, an extremely open encyclopedia {{!}} OpenLife.cc |url=https://www.openlife.cc/onlinebook/wikipedia-extremely-open-encyclopedia |access-date=2022-03-22 |website=www.openlife.cc}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |last=Osman |first=Kim |date=2013-08-05 |title=Wikipedia as a new media institution: issues of diversity, regulation and sustainability in an open encyclopedia |url=https://doi.org/10.1145/2491055.2491087 |journal=Proceedings of the 9th International Symposium on Open Collaboration |series=WikiSym '13 |location=New York, NY, USA |publisher=Association for Computing Machinery |pages=1 |doi=10.1145/2491055.2491087 |isbn=978-1-4503-1852-5}}</ref>

[[File:Wikipedia-logo-v2.svg|thumb|200x200px|[[Wikipedia]] is the best known open encyclopedia.]]

The best-known and most widely used open [[online encyclopedia]] is [[Wikipedia]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=wikipedia.org Traffic Analytics & Market Share|url=https://www.similarweb.com/website/wikipedia.org/|access-date=2022-03-22|website=Similarweb|language=en}}</ref>

== See also ==

* [[Open content]]

* [[Open data]]

* [[Openness]]

== References ==

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