A weblog with random thoughts and reflections on society and ecology.
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Sunday, January 26, 2003
Open Source View
I am reading more about the Open Source movement, including “Rebel Code” about the GNU/Linux system. The Open Source view, having demonstrated its effectiveness in the software area, is now informing social organization and views.
Here are some characteristics of the movement:- Free sharing
Free sharing of information, advice, tools, and software. No secrets.
- Collaborative
Large number people each adding their experience, knowledge and passion to a project. The whole is more than the sum of its parts.
- Self-organization
People self-select, and are free to choose area of focus. This leads to a match between the task and the skills and passions of individuals.
- Distributed Network
Distributed network of people working together same project
- Coordination
Coordination of activities - mainly through the internet (email, interactive websites)
The Global Justice movement use of this approach for social and cultural change. It shows how an international group of people with a wide range of backgrounds (middle-class, workers, academics, indigenous people, human rights activists, environmentalists, farmers etc) can be united in a common cause (move power from corporations to people) and effectively coordinate their activities.
IndyMedia - a global grassroots reporting network.
These are just two of the early expressions of a much larger emerging movement.
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