[cc-community] free culture site
Mauro Bieg
mauro.bieg at gmail.com
Sun Oct 28 16:12:57 EST 2007
wow, thanks! that looks like another great site I didn't know about!
you are right, they have kind of the same idea of bringing it all
together. maybe I'll put my text on their wiki...
On 10/28/07, Kev Flanagan <kev.flanagan at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello Mauro,
>
> Take a look at the P2P Foundation Blog and Wiki site.
>
> http://blog.p2pfoundation.net/about/
>
> I'm not sure if is exactly what you have in mind, but there is a lot of work
> being done there to bring these communities and movements together.
>
> Kev
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> On 10/28/07, Mauro Bieg <mauro.bieg at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > Hey!
> >
> > I feel like all the free culture, creative commons, free software,
> > open source, open access, anti-DRM, etc. movements have a lot in
> > common (although they have their differences too). That's why I wrote
> > a simple but comprehensive text for newcomers to make them understand
> > easily what all this is mostly about and where it is (I think)
> > essentially heading: a choice or even a battle between 'the
> > proprietary' and 'the free' in various fields.
> >
> > Because I thought many more people might be able to contribute more
> > detailed information on the many initiatives that are applying
> > free/open source ideas in various fields, or might want to write about
> > other things concerning the movement, I created a wiki and published
> > the text there.
> > http://www.sphereofnetworks.org/
> >
> > There exist already so many organizations and communities all fighting
> > more or less for the same goals, in the same direction, although in
> > different fields or domains and maybe for different reasons. This is
> > good and because not everybody agrees on every detail, there need to
> > be lots of smaller communities. But I'd like to see a place which is a
> > portal to all those communities and a website where people from all
> > over the various movements meet, network and sum up their initiatives
> > and their struggle (some in the field of software, others fighting DRM
> > or making a free movie like Elephant's Dream).
> >
> > Of course I can't just put up a website and expect everyone to come
> > over at once. So, it might be easier to add the idea to an existing
> > site and start off with the community there. On the other hand, if the
> > place is already associated with a given community, it can't really
> > act as a 'meta-site', as a neutral platform. But if anyone sees fit
> > for this in their community or knows about a good place to put it,
> > please tell me!
> >
> > Unfortunately, I haven't too much time at the moment and community
> > building is really hard work. Nonetheless, I would like to see my text
> > contributing to something useful, and I do think it might help
> > introduce newcomers into the issues quite reqdily. So, I'm also
> > thinking about simply transferring the whole thing to Wikibooks. I
> > guess the text is quite useful (well, judge for yourself), but as I'm
> > not a native English speaker someone would have to go over it and make
> > some corrections. (the wiki is open!)
> >
> > I would love to hear what you think about the idea and its potential
> > for realization. Entirely utopian or even unnecessary? Is anyone
> > interested in helping me out or taking it over? Thanks a lot for your
> > advice.
> >
> > Best regards,
> > Mauro
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