[OSList] Culture Technology Wants to Be Free

[Harrison Owen via OSList]

Dan (and anybody else who cares) – just for the  record and whatever... From
the VERY BEGINNING, OST has been FREE for whomsoever. My (as the
“originator, discoverer, whatever) only “condition” is that we share what we
have learned. 

 

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From: OSList [mailto:oslist-bounces at lists.openspacetech.org] On Behalf Of
Daniel Mezick via OSList
Sent: Friday, October 17, 2014 3:11 PM
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Subject: [OSList] Culture Technology Wants to Be Free

 

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-v1.1-201
3Sep01.pdf
Formally, this book is under copyright monopoly until January 1, 2034 —
twenty
years from publication. During that time, it is licensed under a Creative
Commons
Noncommercial-Attribution 3.0 license, meaning what is said above about free
sharing. 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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