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Internet Labor What's so Radical About Free Software?

Internet Labor What's so Radical About Free Software?. Jonah Bossewitch Left Forum 2009 April 19, 2009. Commons-Based Peer Production Throwaways ➔ Crafstmanship Exploitation ➔ Community Mercenary ➔ Freedom Fighter. Personal Transformations. Structure, Processes, and Governance

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Internet Labor What's so Radical About Free Software?

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  1. Internet Labor What's so Radical About Free Software? Jonah Bossewitch Left Forum 2009 April 19, 2009

  2. Commons-Based Peer Production Throwaways ➔ Crafstmanship Exploitation ➔ Community Mercenary ➔ Freedom Fighter Personal Transformations

  3. Structure, Processes, and Governance Consensus, Conflict Resolution Reflective and self-conscious (and -organized, -determined, and -satisfying)‏ Breeding Ground for Experimentation Ecology of a Software Project: Software—Community—Processes

  4. Percolating Values • Software as artifact of community • Structures and processes to accommodate change • Organized for community and access to knowledge • Transparency, Accountability and Sustainability • Agile, responsive, and self-determined growth • Tools embodying and reflecting these priorities

  5. Learning by making and doing Learning through the conscious construction of public entities actualized in particular contexts Individuals are encouraged to construct meaning for themselves Progressive internalization of action Constructivist Learning

  6. Practically engage directly in politics Personally taste the fruit of political action. Awakening to civic activation, engagement, and maintenance Gateway to Political Action

  7. What lessons can activists learn from the free software/free culture movements? Tactically - distributing knowledge community building communities increased efficiency Strategically - Present choices to individuals Action catalyzes engagement Direct participation → Raises awareness and understanding → Catalyst for idealogical transformation Cultivating the will necessary to sustain the pressure required for true reform Free Energy

  8. Assumption: Communism failed, capitalism triumphant, economic systems have ceased to evolve. Economic (R)evolutions Human sharing can support self-interests and result in greater value and wealth. Smaller pieces of larger pies

  9. "Banish the word 'struggle' from your attitude and your vocabulary. All that we do now must be done in a sacred manner and in celebration. We are the ones we have been waiting for." — Hopi elders A Time for Celebration

  10. Questions

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