User talk:Jann

Pop-Stars
There are a few Pop-Stars of the Free/Libre/Open-Source movement. The most shiny and popular example is probably the Wikipedia, which millions of people all over the world are using on an everyday basis. A more quiet representative is the GNU/Linux operating system, which probably mostly computer freaks know much about. Nevertheless the GNU/Linux system along with other Free Software programs takes maybe the biggest share in the computer software, that runs the internet, i.e. web-servers and routers.

How could that happen in a capitalistic world?
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brainstorm:

share cake = smaller piece for me share ideas/knowledge = multiply

share = advantage for society advantage for others = disadvantage for me in a competitive world

 The Commons Festival  The Commons Festival is both a celebration and an outreach to inform people about the advantages that various commons can bring to society. The focus is here on those commons, which are either underestimated, suppressed or endangered by legislation or society, such as for example the commons of creative arts, the commons of ideas and the commons of knowledge, which are all severely restricted by international copyright law or patent law. But also other commons get into the focus of this festival like the commons of government or the commons of languages.

All these commons have one particular aspect. The more individuals use that commons, the bigger it grows or the more valuable it gets to everybody. This can be summarized in the following examples:


 * Commons of knowledge:
 * If I share my knowledge with you, I still have as much knowledge as before, and maybe a bit more.


 * Commons of language:
 * The more people speak a common language, the more people can easily communicate with each other.


 * Commons of art:
 * The more art is freely available, the more inspiration and material exist for further creativity.


 * Commons of ideas:
 * The more existing ideas are spread around, the more new ideas are likely to pop up.


 * Commons of government:
 * The more people take part in making decisions in the government, the more likely it is for those ideas to be accepted by the society.

One very popular example is what is called copyleft. The Free/Open-Source Software movement has taken advantage of the copyright law and turned it upside down in order for the public to be able to avoid the burden, which copyright law usually puts on such commons. Copyleft actively forces everybody, who builds upon a piece of Free/Open-Source Software to contribute his additions back to the commons of Free/Open-Source Software. That way the pool of Free/Open-Source Software is steadily growing, which is an advantage for everyone. That is what some call a Comedy of the Commons, the opposite of the Tragedy of the Commons where a common good gets wasted by egoistic members of the public.

Finally the biggest commons which we all rely upon is the environment. This has traditionally been a commons which seemed inexhaustible for hundreds of thousands or even millions of years. The industrial revolution and the explosion of human population has put the commons of the planet earth into a new perspective. Hence sustainability of this commons is also a subject related to this festival.

Timetable
One week attention/exhibition...weekend workshops/talks...bla...bla...same as greek text I guess..??

Projects
Maybe a list of projects that will be presented may help others to get an idea?
 * Arduino/RepRap
 * GNU/Linux/Firefox/LibreOffice/...
 * OpenGovernance
 * OpenScience/OpenAccess
 * CreativeCommons
 * OpenSouceEcology