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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. 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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

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 hi i'm into this for some time already, http://sharewiki.org/en/Shareful_Invitation Browse also: http://sharewiki.org/en/Category:Shareful_Invitation i wish to call it a draft soon, so i thought some of you may like to break-extend-hint it-me.. it will come with a replicable form for choosing different "shareabilitiness" standards. njoy -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.10 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iQEcBAEBAgAGBQJNcVz7AAoJEAlfUArKi+ECMx4H/iDp4YjxsgC/HamSpeoxZfxG DXhZXoF8MTh5pH/bjqig2Ktq4mcQHv3tIU+PKeHpdeddfl0GDdsY0862r9/oPNGJ rXRsZt9/XHIPTjWz4UJfNpn5d7MHZurP227+tXlZhTQC4YUYSWkRk19SjYJDYLk3 QnMdltALhvXDRB3vnf51jr/QUXfJDOXC0znYMTve2/kysrk6+zq0IGRrQkpbLJM3 teEIic4AyQl6JBQuvQlYwmZa19uhTV6MBR5WGRJ30HhQENRkD2yWt+EpGco9kCfc 2Mbg9w54VSqnBl+AOyC454xJYnD/fEPp+ZcvwefDbt9VqCj0XVF81mrW9pYyZpw= =Pt4Y -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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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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From Weak Ties to Organized Networks – Ideas, reports and Critiques.
by Michel Bauwens 04 Mar '11

04 Mar '11

http://snuproject.wordpress.com/2011/03/03/from-weak-ties-to-organized-netw… Hi Orsan, would be nice if y ou could also publish this on our p2p blog, 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] Real Time Social Video on The New Frequency
by Michel Bauwens 04 Mar '11

04 Mar '11

Thank you Risa, I'm sharing with our mailing list, Michel On Fri, Mar 4, 2011 at 1:42 AM, Risa Dickens <risa(a)frequency.com> wrote: > Hi Michel, > > I'm contacting you because a few days ago we launched a new version of > Frequency, and I honestly think you and your readers could find it > interesting, and useful. Frequency is a real time social video platform. Our > goal is to simplify the way people discover, watch and share video online. > > With a Frequency account users can connect their Twitter, Facebook and > YouTube profiles to watch all the videos their contacts post in one > centralized stream. They can also follow hundreds of free video channels and > add their own feeds; and share videos across networks with one move. > > This release also gives users a public profile where they can broadcast > videos, link back to their own sites and gain followers not just on > Frequency, but on Facebook, Twitter and YouTube as well. > > We would love for you to share this information with your readers, and if > you have any questions at all, please let me know! > > Thanks and best wishes, > > Risa and The Frequency Team > > > ps - For more info on Frequency, check out this video interview with our > CEO from Jason Calacanis’ series “This Week in Startups.” > > http://www.frequency.com/video/blair-harrison-founder-of-frequency/3024796 > > > > -- > www.frequency.com/risadickens > www.frequency.com/indyish > > @risadickens <http://twitter.com/risadickens> > @indyish <http://twitter.com/indyish> > > -- 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: Creativity course launching in less than a week!
by Michel Bauwens 04 Mar '11

04 Mar '11

thanks Mark! ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Causes <apps+poh61pe(a)facebookappmail.com> Date: 2011/3/4 Subject: Creativity course launching in less than a week! To: Markus Petz <ravenwyn(a)gmail.com> [image: Causes] <http://www.facebook.com/l/7f128/ansible.causes.com/external/redirect/eyJzaG…> <http://www.facebook.com/l/7f128/ansible.causes.com/external/redirect/eyJzaG…> Bulletin from the cause: *Project Polymath: Help Start an Interdisciplinary University* Go to Cause<http://www.facebook.com/l/7f128/ansible.causes.com/external/redirect/eyJzaG…> Posted By: Michael Barnathan To: Members in Project Polymath: Help Start an Interdisciplinary University Creativity course launching in less than a week! "Introduction to the Creative Economy<http://www.facebook.com/l/7f128/ansible.causes.com/external/redirect/eyJzaG…>", a free creativity course, begins March 7! We are also preparing another creativity course to be offered over the summer; details coming soon! Call to Action Support the cause. Be counted:<http://www.facebook.com/l/7f128/ansible.causes.com/external/redirect/eyJzaG…> I Read This <http://www.facebook.com/l/7f128/ansible.causes.com/external/redirect/eyJzaG…> You are receiving this email because you are a member of the cause Project Polymath: Help Start an Interdisciplinary University. To stop receiving emails from this cause, leave the cause<http://www.facebook.com/l/7f128/ansible.causes.com/external/redirect/eyJzaG…> Causes Privacy Policy<http://www.facebook.com/l/7f128/ansible.causes.com/external/redirect/eyJzaG…>| Causes Address: 2105 Martin Luther King Jr Way, Berkeley, CA 94704 United States Tip: Add no-reply@http://www.facebook.com/l/7f128/causes.com<http://www.facebook.com/l/7f128/mailto:[email protected]>to your address book to make sure you don't miss any opportunities to change the world. --- Diese E-Mail wurde von Causes gesendet. Du kannst E-Mails hier sperren<http://www.facebook.com/editaccount.php?notifications&block=2318966938&h=dd…> . -- 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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Urban Social Design Experience
by Michel Bauwens 04 Mar '11

04 Mar '11

The Urban Social Design Association announces the launch of the project "Urban Social Design Experience": a series of on-line courses (or experiences) for students and professionals interested in exploring new tools, dynamics, and methodologies for participation, collective creation, networking, new technologies, urban culture and social innovation. It is an expanded education or educommunication project; a learning process that goes beyond the institutional boundaries, the traditional topics or methodologies; a process in which it is particularly important design thinking, the concept of laboratory as workspace, the process, the dissolution of boundaries between the professional and the amateur, innovation as an engine of knowledge and the commons as a research tool and interface. The courses are called Experiences, since education is not conceived as a simple knowledge transfer, but offer enrollees the opportunity to live an expanded educational experience. The teachers of each experience or "consultants" are professionals with experience and ability to innovate, and whose function is to coordinate and streamline the process of expanded education. The course experience is structured with weekly online group, individual sessions and constant monitoring of the consultant on the development and evolution of the personal project of participants over three months. Urban Social Design launches the first 3 courses starting on February 14 with a duration of 3 months. The registration period is open until 26 February. Course fee: 250 euros. The registration process is done through the web urbansocialdesign.org / usde Urban Social Design Association is an initiative promoted by ecosistema urbano and aims to: - Research and promote Urban Social Design, understood as the design of spaces and processes to improve social relations, creating the conditions for self-organization and interaction between people and their urban environment. - Create a digital space as a meeting place of different knowledge and disciplines: architecture, engineering, technology, urban planning, geography, politics, communication, sociology, participation, etc. .. - Promote networking, free culture, the use of new technologies and social innovation. -- 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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