sharing

-as a potluck : all the guests bring their food, their dishes, they share the dinner, they cook together, change receipes
-as a party where everybody brings music to play ::: easiness of digital files, mp3
-as quilt ::: internet as community quilting :: everybody brings patches, they share needles, threads, patches.

another kind of ethic, another kind of values, another kind of collaboration >>> computer technology and networked computer technology allows ::: computer power  >> cultural change, cultural practices with technology, with computer technology

computer users, developers, amateurs, producers, consumers, 


the internet has been build in that way, the world wide web has been made like that, and the so called web 2.0 is an expression of that, social media tools are an expression of that




open
the door is open, the gates are open, the library is open, the box is open

open and freedom
open and democracy
open and transparency
open and collaboration
open and friendly
open and sharing
open and the commons


global connection of everybody with computer networks : social media


social media :: social interatcions



creating good products, content, software, websites, maps, etc >>> for free




traveled far beyond this sphere in the form of artifacts, licenses, and as a broader icon for openness and collaboration. FOSS has attained a robust socio-political life as a touchstone for like-minded projects in art, law, journalism, and science—




community and cooperation

why do we talk about communities

open-source communities

what kind of practices make the open source-communities so strong?


allow to copy

share creativity

social contribution

against deliberative destruction >> restricting copying

business change

social change >> better society


vision of a better society

help society, help other people

copying and autorship and copyright >> ancient times were different >> other model withou