OEkoNux

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"Oekonux" - what does that mean?


The project

Fourth Oekonux conferenceRemote link: 27.-29.3.2009, Manchester (UK)


"Free Software" - what does that mean?


Characteristics of Free Software

Free in the sense of freedom


Keyword: Free Software Licences

Fundamental facility to embed Free Software in the law system


Mode of production of Free Software

Often a high quality results


Keyword: Selbstentfaltung

In general Selbstentfaltung is a desirable goal


Simply and Doubly Free Software

Special mode of production only for Doubly Free Software


Free Software and commercial influences

Free Software can develop only without money


Perspectives of Free Software

Linux World Domination ;-)


Special features of Free Software


Free Software is not a simple hobby

Hobby, but in a new quality


Free Software is not a commodity

Free software is as worthless as the air to breathe


Free Software is not a gift

Calling Free Software a gift is wrong


Keyword: Scarcity

Scarcity is not a law of nature


Keyword: Rivalness

Free Software is an anti-rival good


Keyword: Excludability

GPL society: Extending principles of Free Software to rival goods while dropping exclusion


Cooperation in Free Projects

Cooperation is voluntary, variable and unequal


Keyword: Maintainer model

Balances conflicts in Free Projects in an optimal way


Free Software = Selbstentfaltung + digital copy

Possibility of digital copy is a new quality


Keyword: Internet

As a tool the Internet offers a lot new features


Free in the sense of Free Software

Defines several positive feedback cycles


Keyword: Germ form

Free Software has characteristics of a germ form


Keyword: Five-step

Free Software is in third step


Criticism: Germ form thesis

Everyone may make up his/her mind


Germ forms and other models and ideas


Dam building vs. ship building

Free Software is ship building


The way to the GPL society


The utopia

The freedom of the single becomes the precondition of the freedom of all


Free information goods

The idea of Free information goods gets more and more friends


Keyword: Creative Commons

Creative Commons further the transfer of the idea of Free Software


Free material goods

Information society creates a fundamentally new situation


Keyword: Fabber / Rapid Prototyping

Fabbers transfer important aspects of the digital world to matter


Other successful Free Projects: Wikipedia

Wikipedia is a very interesting Free Project


Other successful Free Projects: Open Access

Open Access is a very interesting Free Project


Keyword: Automation

Much more will be automated


Keyword: Need

Other societies - other needs


Criticism: GPL society

Partially this can be decided only historically


Percpectives


The utopian toilet


Possible actions