March 2011 - P2P-Foundation - lists.ourproject.org

Re: [P2P-F] commons - libraries and sharing books AND com+plementary old currency in spain
by Michel Bauwens 06 Mar '11

06 Mar '11

thanks Mark! On Sun, Mar 6, 2011 at 3:04 PM, Mark Petz <ravenwyn(a)gmail.com> wrote: > http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-12647600 > > AND > > http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-12657225 > -- P2P Foundation: http://p2pfoundation.net - http://blog.p2pfoundation.net Connect: http://p2pfoundation.ning.com; Discuss: http://lists.ourproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/p2p-foundation Updates: http://del.icio.us/mbauwens; http://friendfeed.com/mbauwens; http://twitter.com/mbauwens; http://www.facebook.com/mbauwens

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protocollary warfare article
by Michel Bauwens 06 Mar '11

06 Mar '11

http://www.radicalphilosophy.com/default.asp?channel_id=2187&editorial_id=2… Hi Nicholas, I wonder if you could present your article on the p2p blog in some form? Michel -- P2P Foundation: http://p2pfoundation.net - http://blog.p2pfoundation.net Connect: http://p2pfoundation.ning.com; Discuss: http://lists.ourproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/p2p-foundation Updates: http://del.icio.us/mbauwens; http://friendfeed.com/mbauwens; http://twitter.com/mbauwens; http://www.facebook.com/mbauwens

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book review on the knowledge economy
by Michel Bauwens 06 Mar '11

06 Mar '11

http://spinuzzi.blogspot.com/2011/03/reading-knowledge-capitalism.html Hi Orsan, comments very welcome, eventually for publication! -- P2P Foundation: http://p2pfoundation.net - http://blog.p2pfoundation.net Connect: http://p2pfoundation.ning.com; Discuss: http://lists.ourproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/p2p-foundation Updates: http://del.icio.us/mbauwens; http://friendfeed.com/mbauwens; http://twitter.com/mbauwens; http://www.facebook.com/mbauwens

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Fwd: Ted Video - "Experts" - Switching our own decision making capabilities on
by Michel Bauwens 06 Mar '11

06 Mar '11

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Dante-Gabryell Monson <dante.monson(a)gmail.com> Date: Sat, Mar 5, 2011 at 11:33 PM Subject: Ted Video - "Experts" - Switching our own decision making capabilities on To: sustainable_solidarity(a)yahoogroups.com, hc_ecology(a)yahoogroups.com interesting TED video to listen to, in my experience. http://www.ted.com/talks/noreena_hertz_how_to_use_experts_and_when_not_to.h… * * "Actively managing dissent" "Bringing in different opinions" "Fundamentally redefine - the notion of - who experts are" -- P2P Foundation: http://p2pfoundation.net - http://blog.p2pfoundation.net Connect: http://p2pfoundation.ning.com; Discuss: http://lists.ourproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/p2p-foundation Updates: http://del.icio.us/mbauwens; http://friendfeed.com/mbauwens; http://twitter.com/mbauwens; http://www.facebook.com/mbauwens

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Fwd: [Open Manufacturing] OHW licenses
by Michel Bauwens 06 Mar '11

06 Mar '11

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Dante-Gabryell Monson <dante.monson(a)gmail.com> Date: Sun, Mar 6, 2011 at 12:36 AM Subject: Fwd: [Open Manufacturing] OHW licenses To: Michel Bauwens <michelsub2004(a)gmail.com> I guess you noticed this... ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: James Barkley <james.barkley(a)gmail.com> Date: Sat, Mar 5, 2011 at 1:20 PM Subject: [Open Manufacturing] OHW licenses To: Open Manufacturing <openmanufacturing(a)googlegroups.com> All, We've created a page on the Open Hardware Roadmap wiki that discusses open hardware licenses available at http://www.ohroadmap.org/licenses. Any critiques? What did we miss or mis-state? -jb Licenses While a wealth of open source licenses exist for Open Source Software (OSS), the field of open source hardware (OSHW) is newer and lacking as many defined licenses. When looking at licenses, especially when comparing an Open Hardware Licenses with Open Source Software licenses, it is important to note that hardware is typically covered by patents. Software, on the other hand, is typically covered by copyright. Thus, they are both covered under different legal systems. For parts of the design process, this requires that those parts not covered by copyright need a license that acknowledges that - one dedicated for hardware. Unfortunately, many people are still using software licenses for their open hardware projects. Most notably, the MIT and GPL licenses have been reused frequently across open hardware projects such as Opencores (LGPL), FreeCores (GPL), and the Open Graphics Project (MIT, GPL, and proprietary). These projects will theoretically not have much legal recourse if their designs get patented, made/sold, or used in a closed system. Many people are using public works licenses such Creative Commons<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Creative_Commons_licenses> . *Limitations of OSS Licenses as applied to OSHW* http://forums.reprap.org/read.php?58,40874,40874 http://tapr.org/ohl.html There are currently no OSI approved Open Hardware Licenses. Someone started to triage all of the things needed to be done to get an open hardware license approved by the OSI, but gave up on the project. This thread is available at http://ideas.opensource.org/ticket/26. Below is an attempt to capture all of the open hardware licenses available: *OSHW Definition* The Open Source Hardware Definition attempts to do for OSHW what the Open Source Initiative Definition <http://www.opensource.org/docs/osd> did for Open Source Software, which is provide a strict definition for what is and isn't OSHW. While it is not a license in and of itself, it does provide a guideline for determining whether a license does or does not meet the requirement to be called Open Source. Some of the key items a licenses required to be defined as OSHW under this are: - Complete Documentation of Hardware - Complete Design Files (in an open format when available) - Scope of License - Necessary Software that is Licensed by an OSI-approved license<http://www.opensource.org/licenses/alphabetical> - Modifications Follow Equal or Lessor Licenses - Allows for attribution requirement - Freely Distributed link(s): http://freedomdefined.org/OSHW http://www.adafruit.com/blog/2011/02/10/open-hardware-definition-1-0-releas… OSHW Definition Conforming Licenses *TAPR* TAPR is the OSHW licenses that served as a guideline during the creation of the Open Hardware Definition. TAPR is based off the OSS GNU GPL License<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GNU_General_Public_License>, while addressing specifically the fact that open hardware is covered by a different legal system (patents vs copyright). As such, it forbids any other license from preventing the same rights to copy and modify documentation and the make and use the product made using that documentation. There are concerns about edge cases, however, as there is insufficient discussion of the distribution terms. link(s): http://www.tapr.org/ohl.html *Hardware Design Public License* The HDPL, like the TAPR License, is also one of the licenses that preceded and inspired the Open Source Hardware Definition. It is also inspired by the OSS GNU GPL. It addresses many of the same issues, with a good number of comments included to make clear the terms of the agreement. HDPL attempts to create a more comprehensive license than TAPR, encompassing legal edge-cases and a variety of hardware types, with clear definitions of terms. link(s): http://www.opencollector.org/hardlicense/hdpl.html Non-OSHW Definition Conforming Licenses *Chumby HDK* The Chumby HDK was developed for the Chumby <http://www.chumby.com/>, a consumer electronics device 'internet appliance'. The Chumby does not meet the requirements of the Open Source Hardware Definition, as it does not publish the original schematics, all software source code, etc. What the license does do, however, is provide a hacker-friendly license that allows for modification free from harassment from manufacturers. As part of this agreement, it also gives guarantee to Chumby that all modifications made to the device are made with a non-exclusive rights agreement for chumby to use. link(s): http://www.chumby.com/developers/agreement *Balloon License* The Balloon License comes from the development of the Balloon, an OSHW development board. The Balloon License does not folllow the Open Source Hardware Definition. While the PCB layouts, etc are provided free of charge and free to modify, the original design files are not provided. In short, you can manufacture the device free of charge, but not make original edits to the device without having to re-make the original design files (those used to create the PCB layout). The license focuses on the hardware aspect of the board, and does not include any software developed. link(s): http://www.balloonboard.org/licence.html *Creative Commons* The Creative Commons licesnse was originally created to cover works covered by copyright . As such, it does not cover some aspects of hardware (schematics, etc). However, it does cover board masks and documentation associated with the hardware. The works and ll derivatives are freely distributed, with the only requirements being attribution to the original author(s). The Creative Commons license is, however, used in lieu of other open hardware licenses in popular OSHW projects, such as the Arduino<http://arduino> . link(s): http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5/ *Extra Links:* http://www.wired.com/beyond_the_beyond/2011/02/open-source-hard-ware/ http://p2pfoundation.net/Open_Hardware http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/opensource/library/os-openhardware/index.… -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Open Manufacturing" group. To post to this group, send email to openmanufacturing(a)googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to openmanufacturing+unsubscribe(a)googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/openmanufacturing?hl=en. -- P2P Foundation: http://p2pfoundation.net - http://blog.p2pfoundation.net Connect: http://p2pfoundation.ning.com; Discuss: http://lists.ourproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/p2p-foundation Updates: http://del.icio.us/mbauwens; http://friendfeed.com/mbauwens; http://twitter.com/mbauwens; http://www.facebook.com/mbauwens

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W3C Federated Social Web Incubator Group
by elf Pavlik 06 Mar '11

06 Mar '11

Hello, I guess everyone working with technologies related to social networking and emerging federation protocols related to it can find this new W3C incubator group interesting: http://www.w3.org/2005/Incubator/federatedsocialweb/ Information on how to join available in this email on Google Groups: http://groups.google.com/group/federated-social-web/browse_thread/thread/5d… IMHO it takes us a step toward P2P in the field of social networking! =) elf Pavlik (living stricly moneyless already for over 1.5 year) http://wwelves.org/perpetual-tripper http://moneyless-world.info

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Fwd: Grant for innovative socio-economic models | BarcelonaConsensus
by Michel Bauwens 06 Mar '11

06 Mar '11

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Chris Pinchen <chris(a)cataspanglish.com> Date: Sun, Mar 6, 2011 at 4:43 AM Subject: Grant for innovative socio-economic models | BarcelonaConsensus To: Michel Bauwens <michelsub2004(a)gmail.com> http://consensus.nova.cat/grant-innovative-socio-economic-models *Chris Pinchen* http://cataspanglish.com http://twitter.com/cataspanglish -- P2P Foundation: http://p2pfoundation.net - http://blog.p2pfoundation.net Connect: http://p2pfoundation.ning.com; Discuss: http://lists.ourproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/p2p-foundation Updates: http://del.icio.us/mbauwens; http://friendfeed.com/mbauwens; http://twitter.com/mbauwens; http://www.facebook.com/mbauwens

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"Hillary Clinton declares international information war" - article + video
by Dante-Gabryell Monson 05 Mar '11

05 Mar '11

http://rt.com/news/information-war-media-us/ <http://rt.com/news/information-war-media-us/>excerpt : * * * The US is losing the global information war, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton declared while appearing before a congressional committee to ask for extra funds to spread US propaganda through new media. * Clinton said existing private channels are not good enough to handle the job, naming as rivals Al Jazeera, China's CCTV and RT – which she watches, she added. Clinton was defending her department’s budget in front of the House’s Committee on Foreign Affairs on Wednesday. Clinton said the US should step up its propaganda effort and get back “in the game” of doing “what we do best.” link to 18Mb Video Download : http://rt.com/files/news/information-war-media-us/media-gayane-live-02.flv?… ------------------------------------------------------------------ Full Copy/Pasted Article : http://rt.com/news/information-war-media-us/ Hillary Clinton declares international information war permalink <http://rt.com/news/information-war-media-us/> email story to a friend<http://rt.com/emailstory/?doc_id=58711&type_doc=1&referer=http%3A%2F%2Frt.c…> print version <http://rt.com/news/information-war-media-us/print/> Published: 03 March, 2011, 02:23 Edited: 03 March, 2011, 14:47US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton testifies before a Senate Appropriations Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, March 2, 2011 (AFP Photo / Rod Lamkey Jr) (17.9Mb)<http://rt.com/files/news/information-war-media-us/media-gayane-live-02.flv?…>embed video<http://rt.com/files/news/information-war-media-us/media-gayane-live-02.flv> *TAGS:* Russia <http://rt.com/tags/russia/>, Politics<http://rt.com/tags/politics/> , Mass media <http://rt.com/tags/mass-media/>, USA <http://rt.com/tags/usa/> ,Yulia Shapovalova <http://rt.com/tags/yulia-shapovalova/>, Gayane Chichakyan <http://rt.com/tags/gayane-chichakyan/> The US is losing the global information war, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton declared while appearing before a congressional committee to ask for extra funds to spread US propaganda through new media. Clinton said existing private channels are not good enough to handle the job, naming as rivals Al Jazeera, China's CCTV and RT – which she watches, she added. Clinton was defending her department’s budget in front of the House’s Committee on Foreign Affairs on Wednesday. Clinton said the US should step up its propaganda effort and get back “in the game” of doing “what we do best.” *“During the Cold War we did a great job in getting America’s message out. After the Berlin Wall fell we said, ‘Okay, fine, enough of that, we are done,’ and unfortunately we are paying a big price for it,”* she said. *“Our private media cannot fill that gap.”* *“We are in an information war and we are losing that war. Al Jazeera is winning, the Chinese have opened a global multi-language television network, the Russians have opened up an English-language network. I’ve seen it in a few countries, and it is quite instructive,*” she stated. Things have changed a lot since the days when Western media outlets, including BBC and CNN, had a monopoly on the coverage of world news. More and more viewers across the world tune into various foreign media to get a fresh take on events. It is all in the numbers. For instance, RT’s presence on YouTube is a real hit: almost 300 million views, when CNN International is struggling to reach 3 million. RT’s constantly growing audience is an indication that the days of media monopoly are over and that people are demanding more multi-polar thinking. One of the latest examples is Al Jazeera’s coverage of the unrest in the Middle East and North Africa, which by most accounts outshone the US media’s presentation of events. Not everyone, however, is happy with the wider variety of media options. The head of the federal agency that manages the US’s government-run international broadcasting has basically called all those foreign media enemies. Last year Walter Isaacson, who heads the federal agency that manages the US’s government-run international broadcasting, including the Voice of America, warned against the influence of foreign media. *“We can’t allow ourselves to be out-communicated by our enemies,” *he said, in a now-infamous pitch to get his agency more funding. He did, however, later backtrack on his statement, saying that he was misunderstood. Journalist and filmmaker Danny Schechter says the US can no longer maintain a monopoly on information. *“The United States feels defensive in part because it can no longer monopolize not only the terms of authority in these countries, but also the terms of the debate,” *he said. *“There is other information out there. There are other points of view and those points of view are profoundly damaging to a country that believes that its point of view is the only point of view.”*

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FYI: Shareful Invitation (almost draft.. )
by mrc 04 Mar '11

04 Mar '11

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"Planned Obsolescence" - Documentary : The Light Bulb Conspiracy / Pyramids of Waste (2010) - in English and French
by Dante-Gabryell Monson 04 Mar '11

04 Mar '11

THE LIGHT BULB CONSPIRACY - 2 minutes trailer : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=251qoGOqpdk <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=251qoGOqpdk> http://www.facebook.com/TheLightBulbConspiracy *Full Documentary Movie in English :* *Pyramids of Waste (2010) also known as "The lightbulb conspiracy". The documentary is about how our economic system -- based largely on consumerism -- is really breaking our planet down.* * * *53 minutes :* *http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6HnW6Mm5sUI* *http://vimeo.com/17750184* <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=251qoGOqpdk> * Full Documentary in French :* * * *74 minutes :* * * *"Prêt à Jeter ou l'Histoire Méconnue de l'Obsolescence Programmée"* * * *http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iB8DbSE0Y90* *EN* http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Planned_obsolescence *Planned obsolescence or built-in obsolescence[1]<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Planned_obsolescence#cite_note-CIWeb-0> in industrial design is a policy of deliberately planning or designing a product <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Good_(economics)> with a limited useful life, so it will become obsolete<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Obsolete> or nonfunctional after a certain period.* *...* *For an industry, planned obsolescence stimulates demand by encouraging purchasers to buy sooner if they still want a functioning product. * * * * * *FR* * * *http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Obsolescence_programm%C3%A9e* * * *L’obsolescence programmée (aussi appelée « désuétude planifiée ») consiste à créer un bien en prévoyant sa date de désuétude.* * * * *

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