How Open is the Future?: Economic, Social and Cultural Scenarios Inspired by Free and Open-Source Software

Wynants, Marleen; Cornelis, Jan

How Open is the Future?: Economic, Social and Cultural Scenarios Inspired by Free and Open-Source Software

dc.contributor.author	Wynants, Marleen	es
dc.contributor.author	Cornelis, Jan	es
dc.date.accessioned	2011-08-15T08:50:28Z
dc.date.available	2011-08-15T08:50:28Z
dc.date.issued	2005
dc.description	534 p. : ill. : 21 cm.	es
dc.description.abstract	This volume offers a series of articles ranging from the origins of free and open-source software to future social, economic and cultural perspectives inspired by the free and open-source spirit.	es
dc.description.abstract	With the rise of the internet and the growing concern over intellectual property, this study provides an open, constructive platform for a wide range of lawyers, artists, journalists, and activists to discuss their views on the future of free and open-source software. By exchanging both complementary and conflicting opinions, the contributors look ahead to the evolution, prospects, and issues of sharing knowledge and ideas through technology.	es
dc.description.tableofcontents	Table of Contents Foreword & Acknowledgements Preface Marleen Wynants & Jan Cornelis PART I – DRIVING FORCES: KEY PLAYERS & PROJECTS Will the revolution be open-sourced? How open source travels through society Marianne van den Boomen & Mirko Tobias Schäfer Free as in Freedom, not Gratis! An interview with Richard Stallman, the embodiment of the dilemma of our digital commons Marleen Wynants The Open Source Paradigm Shift Tim O’Reilly Open Courseware and Open Scientific Publications Frederik Questier & Wim Schreurs Roots Culture - Free Software Vibrations Inna Babylon by Armin Medosch PART II – MAKING IT HAPPEN: CASE STUDIES FROM BRUSSELS, BELGIUM, EUROPE & BEYOND Extremadura and the Revolution of Free Software Achieving digital literacy and modernizing the economy of one of the European Union’s poorest regions Angel Vaca Building Open Ecosystems for Collaborative Creativity Peter Hanappe A Walk through the Music Bazaar & the Future of Music Sara Engelen Open Source, Science and Education Marc Nyssen & Frederik Cheeseman Open Standards Policy in Belgium Peter Strickx & Jean Jochmans PART III - ETHICS & BOTTLENECKS The Patenting of Life An interview with VUB scientist Lode Wyns about the dangers of patents in biotechnology and the pressing need for ethics in law Lode Wyns Fostering Research, Innovation and Networking Jan Cornelis Is Open-Sourced Biotechnology possible? Daniel de Beer Legal Aspects of Software Protection through Patents, and the Future of Reverse Engineering Bruno de Vuyst & Liv Steuts PART IV – THE FUTURE IS OPEN 393 Advancing Economic Research on the Free and Open Source Software Mode of Production J.-M. Dalle, P. A. David, Rishab A. Ghosh, and W.E. Steinmueller The Future of Open Source Ilkka Tuomi The Future of Software: Enabling the Marketplace to Decide Bradford L. Smith Dual Licensing – A Business Model from the Second Generation of Open-Source Companies Kaj Arnö Towards a EU Policy for Open-Source Software Simon Forge ANNEXES I. The GNU General Public License (GPL)- Version 2, June 1991 II. Building Innovation through Integration A Microsoft White Paper – July 2000 Index List of Pictures	es
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dc.identifier.citation	Wynants, M. & Cornelis, J. (2005). How Open is the Future? Economic, Social & Cultural Scenarios inspired by Free & Open-Source Software [Adobe Digital Editions version]	es
dc.identifier.isbn	90-5487-378-7
dc.identifier.uri	http://libros.metabiblioteca.org/handle/001/182
dc.language.iso	eng	es
dc.publisher	Brusels : Brussels University Press, 2005.	es
dc.relation	http://books.google.com/books/about/How_open_is_the_future.html?id=n071GXS3z88C	es
dc.rights	This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial- NoDerivs License.	es
dc.rights.accessrights	openAccess	es
dc.rights.uri	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.0/be/	es
dc.source	http://crosstalks.vub.ac.be/publications/howopenisthefuture/crosstalks_book1.pdf	es
dc.subject	Open source software	es
dc.subject	Intellectual property	es
dc.subject	Economic aspects	es
dc.subject	Social aspects	es
dc.subject	Digital Law	es
dc.subject	Culture	es
dc.title	How Open is the Future?: Economic, Social and Cultural Scenarios Inspired by Free and Open-Source Software	es
dc.type	Book	es