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Ethics from the Bottom-Up: Recursive depth in technosocial networks. Three dimensions of recursive depth. Transformations along the public/proprietary spectrum -- Open Source Software T ransformations along the online/offline spectrum -- Arduino
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Ethics from the Bottom-Up:Recursive depth in technosocial networks
Three dimensions of recursive depth Transformations along the public/proprietary spectrum -- Open Source Software Transformations along the online/offline spectrum -- Arduino Transformations along the social power spectrum – Under-represented groups empowered
Innovation Cascades 1983: Stallman’s GNU uses General Public License (GPL) keeps variants in the public domain. 2000: van Rossum’s Python License allowed proprietary products from modified versions 2003: Holovatyand Willison create web application server Django, releasing it as open source. 2010: (ICOMMS) at U. Cape Town combine Djangowith Open Source cell phone app: Water Quality Management System for low-income communities
Deep layers versus shallow chainsDeep but also broadTransformations across a spectrum