Re: [ox-en] Idea for a main topic of [ox5]

Stefan Meretz <stefan-/[email protected]>
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On 2010-09-26 19:45, Stefan Merten wrote:
> In Leipzig again and again there were discussions comparing Wikipedia
> with Free Software. That gave me the idea that the main topic of an
> possible 5th Oekonux Conference could be something like this:
> 
> 		 Free Software, Wikipedia, OpenAccess
> 	      Three examples of peer production compared
> 
> What do you think?

There have been replies on [pox], but it think [ox-en] is a better place 
to discuss. Thus I fwd. the replies we had on [pox] here:

On 2010-10-01 21:04, Christian Siefkes wrote:
> Hi Stefan and all,
>
> [quote StefanMn]
> 
> I think that would be a pity. The topic of ox4 was already "Free
> Software and Beyond: The World of Peer Production" which allowed
> discussing all fields of peer production, whether online or offline
> or some mixtures of both. While both free software and Wikipedia are
> doubtlessly very important examples of peer production, it would be
> a big loss to limit ox5 merely to online projects. Especially now
> where open source hardware and similar new forms of peer production
> are really gaining momentum.
> 
> Just my free 2 cents
> 	Christian

On 2010-10-02 00:27, Franz Nahrada wrote:
> [quote Christian]
> 
> could not agree more.
> 
> Franz

On 2010-10-02 14:23, Stefan Meretz wrote:
> [quotes Christian / Franz]
> 
> What about:
> 
> Free Software, Free Design, Free Hardware
> Three examples of peer production compared
> 
> Or more advancing:
> 
> Free Software, Free Hardware, Free Anything
> Three steps on the way to a Free Society
> 
> Ciao,
> Stefan

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