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

right to the city movement in Germany
by Michel Bauwens 08 Sep '11

08 Sep '11

Dear friends, I"m looking for a volunteer to present/discuss this important development in Germany, to our p2p blog audience ... see http://www.spiegel.de/international/germany/0,1518,670600,00.html Many thanks for considering this, 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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key economists we should listen to ...
by Michel Bauwens 08 Sep '11

08 Sep '11

I have compiled a list of people I find important in terms of economics that matter for the p2p transition, see http://p2pfoundation.net/Category:Economics#Key_People Suggestions, (with the 'why' added) would be very welcome, see: Our favourite economists, list compiled by Michel Bauwens: 1. Steve Keen<http://p2pfoundation.net/Category:Economics?title=Steve_Keen&action=edit&re…>, for ongoing analysis of the causes of the meltdown of 2008 2. Michael Hudson<http://p2pfoundation.net/Category:Economics?title=Michael_Hudson&action=edi…>, for the ongoing critique of the debt-driven economy 3. Roberto Verzola <http://p2pfoundation.net/Roberto_Verzola>, point man on the key issue of abundance vs. scarcity 4. Herman Daly<http://p2pfoundation.net/Category:Economics?title=Herman_Daly&action=edit&r…>, on what is needed for a steady-state economy 5. Hazel Henderson<http://p2pfoundation.net/Category:Economics?title=Hazel_Henderson&action=ed…>, for her work on the transition to a green economy -- 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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facing jail for growing food
by Michel Bauwens 08 Sep '11

08 Sep '11

http://kickitover.org/2011/08/04/uk-family-living-grid-faces-eviction-and-p… ELi/Josef, any chance that one of you could cover this for us? 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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Fwd: [FC-discuss] Announcing LectureLeaks - Record and Share Your University Lectures
by Devin Balkind 08 Sep '11

08 Sep '11

This seems relevant for the p2p community. An interesting and aggressive approach to increasing education info access. DWB Begin forwarded message: > From: Rich Jones <miserlou(a)gmail.com> > Date: September 7, 2011 9:55:04 PDT > To: Discussion of Free Culture in general and this organization in > particular <discuss(a)freeculture.org> > Subject: [FC-discuss] Announcing LectureLeaks - Record and Share > Your University Lectures > Reply-To: Discussion of Free Culture in general and this > organization in particular <discuss(a)freeculture.org> > > Hello, all! > > I'm writing to you today to announce LectureLeaks, our new platform > for recording and sharing your university lectures. We have released > two applications, one for Android and one for iPhone, which allow you > to record your lectures and send them to our website, > LectureLeaks.com, where anybody can listen to them for free. You can > also listen to other lectures directly through the app. Oh, and of > course, all of the applications and the server software are free and > open source, and the content is Creative-Commons-BY. > > You can checkout the website here: http://www.lectureleaks.com > > and get the apps here: > > https://market.android.com/details?id=org.ale.lectureleaks (Android) > http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/lectureleaks/id460258898?mt=8 (iPhone) > > We only put the apps up on Sunday night and we're already receiving a > lot of content - at this rate, we could quite possibly become the > largest repository of OpenCourseWare audio within the year. > > So we need volunteers! We need people to promote the applications on > campus and people to help us process all of the audio we're receiving. > > LectureLeaks is a really easy and convenient way for people at your > school to get involved with the OpenCourseWare movement, so maybe you > could use it as a tool for chapter recruitment! > > Questions, comments, concerns? Fire away! > > Thanks very much! > Rich > > PS > > Below is the press release which we'll be sending out, if you know > anybody who might be interested, campus newspapers, etc, feel free to > pass it along! > > Cambridge, MA September, 2011 – LectureLeaks.org is pleased to > announce the premier of its iPhone and Android applications designed > to help students record and upload their college lectures. A > collaborative venture between OpenWatch.net and FinalsClub.org, > LectureLeaks is a 501(c)(3) non-profit open-education project. > > Inspired by the popularity of other Open Courseware programs, notably > those at MIT, Yale, and Berkley, LectureLeaks takes a bottom-up rather > than top-down approach to the movement by allowing students to engage > directly in the creation of free educational content. Our tools > specifically empower forward-thinking scholars to capture and share > academic knowledge with the world. > > The more lectures our users capture, save, and post, the more > knowledge you (and other curious minds) will be able to stream > directly to your ear buds. Our mission is to make high quality > education available to everyone, for free. > > Although our applications are an essential first step, they are simply > tools. The ultimate success of this project relies as much on society > as technology. In short, we must first shift our perception of > education from private and privileged to free and open. > > Although affirmative for open education, LectureLeaks also protects > the rights of faculty and students alike. No matter how much > technology we implement, we will never replace the former or > jeopardize the latter. Therefore, we maintain the anonymity of every > contributing user, respond to all legitimate takedown requests, and > share all recordings under a Creative-Commons Attribution license. > > Thank you for helping encourage awareness and adoption of this > project. For additional information, please contact > Andrew(a)FinalsClub.org and Rich(a)anomos.info. > > Previous Press for FinalsClub.org & OpenWatch.net > > “New Social Software Tries to be the Facebook of Higher Education > ,” > Chronicle of Higher Education, October 2010. > > http://chronicle.com/article/New-Social-Software-Tries-to/125542/ > > “FreeHarvardEducation.com,” The Boston Globe, December 13, 2009. > > http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/ideas/articles/2009/12/13/freeharvardeduc… > > "Policing the Police: The Apps That Let You Spy on The Cops," The > Atlantic, June 23, 2011. > > http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2011/06/policing-the-police-t… > > "OpenWatch Turns Your Smartphone Into A Reverse Surveillance Camera," > Forbes, June 22, 2011 > > http://www.forbes.com/sites/andygreenberg/2011/06/22/openwatch-turns-your-s… > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > Discuss(a)freeculture.org > http://lists.freeculture.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss > FAQ: http://wiki.freeculture.org/Fc-discuss

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a dream project for the p2p foundation, who can help?
by Michel Bauwens 08 Sep '11

08 Sep '11

Dear friends, and Vasilis in particular, see http://p2pfoundation.net/Category:Peergovernance#For_Historical_Inspiration… in particular the historical experiences in democracy it leads to: 1. Athenian Democracy <http://p2pfoundation.net/Athenian_Democracy> ; Foundations of Athenian Democracy<http://p2pfoundation.net/Foundations_of_Athenian_Democracy> 2. Iroquois Confederacy‎‎ <http://p2pfoundation.net/Iroquois_Confederacy> 3. European Medieval Democracy<http://p2pfoundation.net/European_Medieval_Democracy> 4. Viking Democracy <http://p2pfoundation.net/Viking_Democracy> 5. Pirate Governance <http://p2pfoundation.net/Pirate_Governance> 6. Paris Commune<http://p2pfoundation.net/Category:Peergovernance?title=Paris_Commune&action…> I would really love to make this a collective research and study project for the P2P Foundation .. This would involve making a bibliography, finding where the material can be found online, and then organizing some process to read and discuss together, eventually with the aim of publishing a book. We could take one year to brush up on the history; another year to study actual peergovernance and contemporary proposals (6 months each); I feel that finding a renewal of democracy is really one of the crucial issues of our time. However, I'd like someone to take the lead on this .. Vasilis, I was particularly thinking about you ... 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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Re: [P2P-F] Interesting article from the Economist
by Michel Bauwens 07 Sep '11

07 Sep '11

mentions our good friend Marco Fioretti ... for more, http://p2pfoundation.net/Category:Spirituality#Christianity On Tue, Sep 6, 2011 at 11:34 PM, James Quilligan <jbquilligan(a)comcast.net>wrote: > Monitor > What would Jesus hack? > Cybertheology: Just how much does Christian doctrine have in common with > the open-source software movement? > > “THE kingdom of heaven belongs to such as these,” Jesus said of little > children. But computer hackers might give the kids some competition, > according to Antonio Spadaro, an Italian Jesuit priest. In an article > published earlier this year in *La Civiltà Cattolica*, a fortnightly > magazine backed by the Vatican, entitled “Hacker ethics and Christian > vision”, he did not merely praise hackers, but held up their approach to > life as in some ways divine. Mr Spadaro argued that hacking is a form of > participation in God’s work of creation. (He uses the word hacking in its > traditional, noble sense within computing circles, to refer to building or > tinkering with code, rather than breaking into websites. Such nefarious > activities are instead known as “malicious hacking” or “cracking”.) > > Mr Spadaro says he became interested in the subject when he noticed that > hackers and students of hacker culture used “the language of theological > value” when writing about creativity and coding, so he decided to examine > the idea more deeply. The hacker ethic forged on America’s west coast in the > 1970s and 1980s was playful, open to sharing, and ready to challenge models > of proprietary control, competition and even private property. Hackers were > the origin of the “open source” movement which creates and distributes > software that is free in two senses: it costs nothing and its underlying > code can be modified by anyone to fit their needs. “In a world devoted to > the logic of profit,” wrote Mr Spadaro, hackers and Christians have “much to > give each other” as they promote a more positive vision of work, sharing and > creativity. > > He is not the only person to see an affinity between the open-source hacker > ethos and Christianity. Catholic open-source advocates have founded a group > called Elèutheros to encourage the church to endorse such software. Its > manifesto refers to “strong ideal affinities between Christianity, the > philosophy of free software, and the adoption of open formats and > protocols”. Marco Fioretti, co-founder of the group, says open-source > software teaches the “practical dimension of community and service to others > that is already in the church message”. There are also legal motivations. > Commercial software such as Microsoft Word is widely pirated in many parts > of the world, by Catholics as well as others. Mr Fioretti advocates the use > of open-source software instead, because he doesn’t want people “to violate > a law without any real reason, just to open a church document”. > > Although the Vatican has yet to encourage the faithful to live like > hackers, it has praised the internet as “truly blessed” for its ability to > connect people and share information. The pope has even joined Twitter. But > praise has always been tempered by warnings. As early as 2002, for instance, > the Vatican’s “Church and Internet” document cautioned that “there are no > sacraments on the internet” and worried about the solipsistic appeal of > technology. Moreover, hackers in particular have problematic traits from the > perspective of the Catholic church, such as a distrust of authorities and > scepticism toward received wisdom. And the idea of tweaking source materials > to fit one’s needs doesn’t mesh well with the Catholic emphasis on authority > and tradition. > > *Cathedrals and bazaars* > > Mr Spadaro recognises these tensions but finds them manageable. Not > everyone agrees. Eric Raymond, author of a classic essay on open-source > software, “The Cathedral and the Bazaar”, finds it hard to believe that some > Christians want to canonise the hacker mindset. After being quoted in Mr > Spadaro’s paper, Mr Raymond took to his own website to note that he had > deliberately equated cathedrals with proprietary, closed-source software > directed from above, by contrast with the more chaotic bazaar of equals > which produces open-source code. “Cathedrals—vertical, centralising > religious edifices imbued with a tradition of authoritarianism and ‘revealed > truth’—are the polar opposite of the healthy, sceptical, anti-authoritarian > nous at the heart of the hacker culture,” Mr Raymond declared. As for Mr > Spadaro’s ideas, they possessed a “special, almost unique looniness”. > > But Mr Spadaro is merely the latest to link coding with Christian attitudes > towards creativity and sharing. Don Parris, a North Carolina pastor, wrote > an article in *Linux Journal* in 2004 in which he argued that “proprietary > software limits my ability to help my neighbour, one of the cornerstones of > the Christian faith.” Larry Wall, the creator of Perl, an open-source > programming language, said in an interview a decade ago that God expects > humans to create—and to help others do so. Mr Wall said he saw his popular > language as just such a prod to creation, saying, “In my little way, I’m > sneakily helping people understand a bit more about the sort of people God > likes.” > > More recently Kevin Kelly, co-founder of *Wired *magazine and author of > “What Technology Wants”, published last year, has argued that creation can > go further in code. Whereas a novelist can craft a new world, coders can > build worlds complete with artificial agents that exist and evolve outside > the creator’s mind. Mr Kelly takes literally the words of his friend Stewart > Brand, whose “Whole Earth Catalog” quipped, “We are as gods and might as > well get good at it.” Mr Kelly, a Christian, says the ability to create > artificial life will come with great parental responsibility and suggests > that artificial worlds will need to be imbued with moral value. “This causes > a kind of revival of religion,” he says, “because religion has been thinking > about this issue.” > > From the outside, hacking computer code has largely been viewed as a > technical discipline, not as a theologically rich vision of how to live. But > some see a divine aspect to programming—at least when looking with the eye > of faith. > -- 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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furnlab for blog
by Michel Bauwens 07 Sep '11

07 Sep '11

Dear Eric, could you present this initiative, recommended by Kevin Carson, to our blog audience? see http://furnlab.com/ -- 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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Open Science Alliance invites you to Open Science Summit 2011 (Oct 22, 2011 - Oct 23, 2011)
by Open Science Alliance 07 Sep '11

07 Sep '11

Join us at the Open Science Summit 2011 October 22-23 Computer HIstory Museum, Mountain View, CA opensciencesummit.com Topics include:Clinical Trials 2.0, Open Data, Open Access, The Future of Peer Review, Patents, Open Innovation for Drug Discovery, Personal Genomics and more.Register by September 10th for the special early rate.With close to 40 speakers currently confirmed, the conference program covers the most urgent issues affecting the future of collaborative science and innovation. http://opensciencesummit.com/program/ This year, we offer additional space for participants to interact informally in break out sessions, and interactive demos in open spaces in the Computer History Museum beyond the main auditorium. Come help us Open Up Science! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HMxYymZ8Zqo Share this event on Facebook and Twitter We hope you can make it! ------------------------------ Event Summary: ------------------------------ Event: Open Science Summit 2011 Date: Saturday, October 22, 2011 at 9:00 AM - Sunday, October 23, 2011 at 6:00 PM (PT) Location: Computer History Museum 1401 N Shoreline Blvd Mountain View, CA 94041 ------------------------------ Event Details: ------------------------------ Open Science Summit 2011 October 22-23 Computer HIstory Museum, Mountain View, CA <a href="http://www.opensciencesummit.com/">opensciencesummit.com</a> Open Data, Open Access, The Future of Peer Review, Patents, Innovation, and Sharing Alternative Funding Mechanisms for Science Clinical Trials 2.0 and more! Join us to kick off Open Access week 2011 as we examine the critical isses affecting our global scientific innovation system. This event is for everyone who cares deeply about making science work better for all humanity. Many organizations, groups, and individuals are striving to improve and update our scientific institutions and practices for the 21st century. However, these different efforts are often working on a piece of the problem without a view of the whole. It is not sufficient or realistic to tweak one component of the innovation system (eg, patent policy) and assume the others stay static. Instead, dynamic, interactive, nonlinear change is unfolding. Together, we can unerstand this change, and harness the power of collaboration to solve humanity's most difficult problems. The Open Science Summit is the only event to consider what happens throughout the entire innovation chain as reform in one area influences the prospects in others. In the best case scenario, a virtuous circle of mutually reinforcing shifts toward transparency and collaboration could unleash hitherto untapped reserves of human ingenuity. Join us, you'll love it! ------------------------------ Register Online: ------------------------------ More information and online registration are available here: http://opensciencesummit2011.eventbrite.com/?ref=enivte&invite=MTIxMDUy… ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Collect event fees online with Eventbrite http://www.eventbrite.com

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couchsurfing becoming for-profit
by Michel Bauwens 06 Sep '11

06 Sep '11

hi franco, can you republish this in our blog, see http://volunteerwiki.hospitalityclub.org/couchsurfing-for-profit-business-n… then, follow it up with some news and analysis on couchsurfing becoming a b corporation? see my P2P-Travel tag in delicious for documentation, I Need some extra help for the blog right now, having reached the end of the reserve buffer... the stay in bkk was very time intensive with no time for internet ... thanks for the help!! -- 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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Re: [P2P-F] furnlab
by Kevin Carson 06 Sep '11

06 Sep '11

On Tue, Sep 6, 2011 at 12:03 PM, Stephan Kinsella <nskinsella(a)gmail.com> wrote: > http://furnlab.com/ Thanks a lot, Stephan. I'm cc'ing this to the P2P and Open Manufacturing lists. Kevin -- Kevin Carson Center for a Stateless Society http://c4ss.org Mutualist Blog: Free Market Anti-Capitalism http://mutualist.blogspot.com The Homebrew Industrial Revolution: A Low-Overhead Manifesto http://homebrewindustrialrevolution.wordpress.com Organization Theory: A Libertarian Perspective http://mutualist.blogspot.com/2005/12/studies-in-anarchist-theory-of.html

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