[OSList] Culture Technology Wants to Be Free

[Daniel Mezick via OSList]

Reference Link:
http://newtechusa.net/agile/culture-technology-wants-to-be-free/

In researching Barcamp and Unconference formats, I discover that Barcamp 
and Unconference came much later and are in fact direct derivatives of 
Open Space, also known as "Open Space Technology", as in "Open Space 
Technology: A Users Guide."

We cannot act in the past. This sometimes leads to feelings of regret in 
the present moment. And so I wonder: what would the world look like if 
the bare essentials of Open Space were published under an open-source 
license... way, back, when?

What can be done about it today?

Because as Kári Gunnarsson points out, these four preconditions of the 
swarm invitation from Swarmwise by Rick Falkvinge look very like either 
a direct copy of Open Space, or a derivative work of the Open Space, 
specifically the meeting Invitation.

The book does has an index; no mention of Open Space. No bibliography.

A quick check of Swarmwise by Rick Falkvinge reveals that the work is 
printed under a Closed-Source license. See for yourself:

===========================================================
http://falkvinge.net/files/2013/04/Swarmwise-2013-by-Rick-Falkvinge-v1.1-2013Sep01.pdf
Formally, this book is under copyright monopoly until January 1, 2034 
--- twenty
years from publication. During that time, it is licensed unde/r a 
Creative Commons/
/Noncommercial-Attribution 3.0 license,//meaning what is said above 
about free shar//i//ng//. These are the same terms as suggested in the 
author's previous book,//The Case//for Copyright Reform//. Commercial 
exclusive rights rest with the author for the twenty/
/years./
===========================================================

According to Creative Commons, "This is not a Free Culture License". 
That is, not open source.

See for yourself. Follow this link and click "no" to the question:


        "Allow commercial uses of your work?"

https://creativecommons.org/choose/

...click through further to see what "This is not a Free Culture 
license" actually means. It means this is NOT an open source license.

There are some big announcements coming soon about people who are 
deliberately publishing culture-technology designs (patterns, 
structures, frameworks) under true open source licensing, either the GPL 
or CC-BY-SA-4.0. And for very excellent reasons.

This is the second time I have seen culture technology designs published 
which co-opts items in the public domain, does not bring source 
documents forward, and does not give attribution to sources. All of 
which must be done when publishing under open source licensing.

Closed-source licensing for culture technology is a serious impediment 
to the development of innovative culture technology at a time when more, 
not less innovation is what we need. Culture technology wants to be free.

Reference Link:
http://newtechusa.net/agile/culture-technology-wants-to-be-free/


Daniel







On 10/17/14 2:34 PM, Kári Gunnarsson via OSList wrote:
> The four preconditions of the swarm invitation from Swarmwise by Rick 
> Falkvinge. I find this oddly similar to the preconditions of Open Space.
>
> 1. Tangible: You need to post an outline of the goals you intend to
> meet, when, and how.
>
> 2. Credible: After having presented your daring goal, you need to
> present it as totally doable. Bonus points if nobody has done it
> before.
>
> 3. Inclusive: There must be room for participation by every spectator
> who finds it interesting, and they need to realize this on hearing
> about the project.
>
> 4. Epic: Finally, you must set out to change the entire world for the
> better --- or at least make a major improvement for a lot of people.

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