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* [[http://web.mit.edu/evhippel/www/index.html| Eric von Hippel]] | * [[http://web.mit.edu/evhippel/www/index.html| Eric von Hippel]] | ||
* [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lewis_Hyde|Lewis Hyde]] | * [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lewis_Hyde|Lewis Hyde]] | ||
* Eric Raymond/OSI ? | |||
* PJ/Groklaw | |||
=readings= | =readings= | ||
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*Copyright and open software – free as in beer v. free as in speech | |||
*economy v. culture | |||
* inside and outside – insiders motivation v. legal regime | |||
* gift v. reputation | |||
* How can a dispersed, multilingual collection of coders working for free assemble something as complicated as a web browser, let alone an entire operating system? Open-source projects are famously free-wheeling, but different organizational models and tools have sprung up to solve these obstacles. | * How can a dispersed, multilingual collection of coders working for free assemble something as complicated as a web browser, let alone an entire operating system? Open-source projects are famously free-wheeling, but different organizational models and tools have sprung up to solve these obstacles. | ||
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What are the forces that drive hackers to contribute to open source projects? What, if anything, can we learn from applying theories of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gift_economy gift economies] to open source projects? Should we read Lewis Hyde's [http://southerncrossreview.org/4/schwartz.html The Gift]? (n.b. i may be motivated by my own desire to read the book -- [[dulles]]) | What are the forces that drive hackers to contribute to open source projects? What, if anything, can we learn from applying theories of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gift_economy gift economies] to open source projects? Should we read Lewis Hyde's [http://southerncrossreview.org/4/schwartz.html The Gift]? (n.b. i may be motivated by my own desire to read the book -- [[dulles]]) | ||
* Strategies and indemnities (e.g. SCO v. IBM) | * Strategies and indemnities (e.g. SCO v. IBM) | ||
* Questioning the foundations of the free software movement (i.e. the "four freedoms")[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_software#cite_ref-bull6_3-0] | * Questioning the foundations of the free software movement (i.e. the "four freedoms")[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_software#cite_ref-bull6_3-0] | ||
how much does access to the source code really matter anymore? Are there alternative theories (e.g. "generativity") that better capture the values at stake? Affero License? (Eben Moglen?) | |||
* The organization/groups/cooperation questions: how do free software projects organize and govern themselves, and what broader lessons might be learned from it? (e.g. debian, IETF) | * The organization/groups/cooperation questions: how do free software projects organize and govern themselves, and what broader lessons might be learned from it? (e.g. debian, IETF) | ||
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Revision as of 13:35, 11 December 2008
back to syllabus
Precis
Guest wish list
- [Mako]
- [Eric von Hippel]
- [Hyde]
- Eric Raymond/OSI ?
- PJ/Groklaw
readings
- something about [Gift economy] - Mauss; Hyden
- [The Cathedral and the Bazaar]
basic questions
- Copyright and open software – free as in beer v. free as in speech
- economy v. culture
- inside and outside – insiders motivation v. legal regime
- gift v. reputation
- How can a dispersed, multilingual collection of coders working for free assemble something as complicated as a web browser, let alone an entire operating system? Open-source projects are famously free-wheeling, but different organizational models and tools have sprung up to solve these obstacles.
What are the forces that drive hackers to contribute to open source projects? What, if anything, can we learn from applying theories of gift economies to open source projects? Should we read Lewis Hyde's The Gift? (n.b. i may be motivated by my own desire to read the book -- dulles)
- Strategies and indemnities (e.g. SCO v. IBM)
- Questioning the foundations of the free software movement (i.e. the "four freedoms")[1]
how much does access to the source code really matter anymore? Are there alternative theories (e.g. "generativity") that better capture the values at stake? Affero License? (Eben Moglen?)
- The organization/groups/cooperation questions: how do free software projects organize and govern themselves, and what broader lessons might be learned from it? (e.g. debian, IETF)