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Third of our series of debates. Picture made by *Anarres.
The keywords:
Free Software. Open Source. The GNU Manifesto. Peer-to-Peer networks. Napster. eMule. RIAA. MPAA. Piracy. Sharing. Gift economy. Intellectual property. Copyright. Copyleft.
The questions:
Has the Internet developed as an anarcho-communist socioeconomic model? What should we do regarding this? Should socialists use Free Software only (or mostly)? Should we encourage peer-to-peer sharing ("piracy")? Is intellectual property a legitimate right? What will happen now that the big business is entering this game? What can we do about software patents?
Reference texts (read through them):
- Cyber-Communism: How the americans are superseding capitalism in cyberspace.
- The GNU Philosophy.
- The Free Software Foundation.
- The Open Source Initiative.
- The Xhiph.org About page.
- Copyleft explained to the kids.
The keywords:
Free Software. Open Source. The GNU Manifesto. Peer-to-Peer networks. Napster. eMule. RIAA. MPAA. Piracy. Sharing. Gift economy. Intellectual property. Copyright. Copyleft.
The questions:
Has the Internet developed as an anarcho-communist socioeconomic model? What should we do regarding this? Should socialists use Free Software only (or mostly)? Should we encourage peer-to-peer sharing ("piracy")? Is intellectual property a legitimate right? What will happen now that the big business is entering this game? What can we do about software patents?
Reference texts (read through them):
- Cyber-Communism: How the americans are superseding capitalism in cyberspace.
- The GNU Philosophy.
- The Free Software Foundation.
- The Open Source Initiative.
- The Xhiph.org About page.
- Copyleft explained to the kids.
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I strongly dissagre with the politicalisation of the opensource movement and the piracy issue. Classifying it as socialism is in my oppinion rather biased. Me personaly i think this whole block political system is wzay out of date and needs to be replaced with a more objective approach to problems.