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Dear Chris,<br>
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Thank you for sharing your thoughts and feelings, about open source
licensing for culture technology, such as Open Space.<br>
<br>
Kind Regards,<br>
Daniel<br>
<br>
<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 10/17/14 3:42 PM, Chris Corrigan
wrote:<br>
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Daniel…
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<div>“Open Space Technology” was created and released into the
world long before the Creative Commons licenses were there to
let everyone know that it is freely usable, shareable, with
non-attribution. People can remix it, sell it, create
commercial products from it, rebrand it, create derivatives and
remixes, steal it, liberate it, claim they invented it. No one
will sue them. No one will enforce the “proper way of doing
it.” No one will charge them a license fee or serve them with a
cease and desist order.</div>
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<div>It may also be that other people have discovered Open Space
as well, and that Harrison was not the only bright mind on the
planet that saw how the Open Space of the Universe could be
applied to meetings.</div>
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<div>This is not a bug. It is a feature.</div>
<div><br>
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<div>Over the past 20 years of using Open Space Technology, the
one thing it has taught me more than anything is a radical
practice of generosity.</div>
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<div>Nothing needs to be done about it. The User’s Guide exists
as a piece of work under copyright. the process itself is for
the world and from the world. </div>
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<div>Chris</div>
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<div>On Oct 17, 2014, at 12:10 PM, Daniel Mezick via OSList
<<a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="mailto:oslist@lists.openspacetech.org">oslist@lists.openspacetech.org</a>>
wrote:</div>
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-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;">Reference Link:<br>
<a moz-do-not-send="true" class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="http://newtechusa.net/agile/culture-technology-wants-to-be-free/">http://newtechusa.net/agile/culture-technology-wants-to-be-free/</a><br>
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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."<br>
<br>
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?<br>
<br>
What can be done about it today?<br>
<br>
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.<br>
<br>
The book does has an index; no mention of Open Space. No
bibliography.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>
<br>
A quick check of Swarmwise by Rick Falkvinge reveals that
the work is printed under a Closed-Source license. See for
yourself:<br>
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<a moz-do-not-send="true" class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="http://falkvinge.net/files/2013/04/Swarmwise-2013-by-Rick-Falkvinge-v1.1-2013Sep01.pdf">http://falkvinge.net/files/2013/04/Swarmwise-2013-by-Rick-Falkvinge-v1.1-2013Sep01.pdf</a><br>
Formally, this book is under copyright monopoly until
January 1, 2034 — twenty<br>
years from publication. During that time, it is licensed
unde<em>r a Creative Commons</em><br>
<em>Noncommercial-Attribution 3.0 license,</em><em><span
class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>meaning what is
said above about free shar</em><em>i</em><em>ng</em><em>.
These are the same terms as suggested in the author’s
previous book,</em><em><span
class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>The Case</em><em><span
class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>for Copyright
Reform</em><em>. Commercial exclusive rights rest with
the author for the twenty</em><br>
<em>years.</em><br>
===========================================================<br>
<br>
According to Creative Commons, "This is not a Free Culture
License". That is, not open source.<br>
<br>
See for yourself. Follow this link and click "no" to the
question:<br>
<h4>"Allow commercial uses of your work?"</h4>
<a moz-do-not-send="true" class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://creativecommons.org/choose/">https://creativecommons.org/choose/</a><br>
<br>
...click through further to see what "This is not a Free
Culture license" actually means. It means this is NOT an
open source license.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>
<br>
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.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>
<br>
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.<br>
<br>
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.<br>
<br>
Reference Link:<br>
<a moz-do-not-send="true" class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="http://newtechusa.net/agile/culture-technology-wants-to-be-free/">http://newtechusa.net/agile/culture-technology-wants-to-be-free/</a><br>
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<br>
Daniel<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 10/17/14 2:34 PM, Kári
Gunnarsson via OSList wrote:<br>
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cite="mid:CAEjHsL=4BmeD2bxDPnNK-UGLs3yxa19MGLFtGYVFVpBKAx205w@mail.gmail.com"
type="cite">The four preconditions of the swarm
invitation from Swarmwise by Rick Falkvinge. I find this
oddly similar to the preconditions of Open Space.<br>
<br>
1. Tangible: You need to post an outline of the goals
you intend to<br>
meet, when, and how.<br>
<br>
2. Credible: After having presented your daring goal,
you need to<br>
present it as totally doable. Bonus points if nobody has
done it<br>
before.<br>
<br>
3. Inclusive: There must be room for participation by
every spectator<br>
who finds it interesting, and they need to realize this
on hearing<br>
about the project.<br>
<br>
4. Epic: Finally, you must set out to change the entire
world for the<br>
better — or at least make a major improvement for a lot
of people.</blockquote>
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