open source

[Kim Cascone <kim@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I very much agree with Derek on this...I just watched a documentary called
"Revolution OS" about Linux/Open Source/Stallaman/GNU et al...
personally I do not use Linux or open source tools but I do like Richard
Stallman's philosophy very much as it extends far beyond software and that's
what makes the open source topic truly *political* for me...
check out 
http://www.stallman.org/

if there is to be some discussion around this topic then can we also include
content as open source? e.g., the samples that are freely available for
project work (pending permission of the artist) on the hotline server or the
Droplift project?
how do these microsound projects hinge on the concept of open source?
also, is it necessary to use only open source tools to make open source
content?
where are the boundaries of the praxis of being 'open source'?
how does open source work as a parallel economic system to consumer
capitalism?
how does using 'open source' tools create a political effect that is
different than using [k] software?
if many people contribute labor and intellectual property to a open source
tool then is it any different than the present system when a few people
profit from this open source tool by selling content created with it?
just a few ideas to possibly fuel a discussion

another idea would be to have a chat on the hotline server in early December
(when I get back from Europe and Los Angeles)...anyone interested in this?

KIM

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