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This despite the fact that the available technology for self-building (modular houses, “cob” building, etc.) In an open-source healthcare system, someone might go to vocational school for accreditation as the equivalent of a Chinese “barefoot doctor.” The healthcare industry is a textbook example of what Ivan Illich (in Tools for Conviviality ) called a “radical monopoly.” The central function of the government’s “safety” and “consumer protection” regulations, in most cases, is either to exclude competing providers of a good or service from the market,

Open models are now famous for being adopted in many fields outside software development, and we can see this as a proof of their importance and a clear sign of their success. One of the most interesting fields where we witness the adoption of Open models is the Design one, where we can find cases of open web design ( OpenDesigns , Open Source Web Design , Open Web Design ), open product design ( Openmoko , VIA OpenBook , Bug Labs , Zoybar ), open meta-design processes , and even open architectural design . Even if slowly, an usually competitive and ego-driven professional community like the design one is starting to realize what are the potentials for the collaboration and sharing of Open Design initiatives .

by Agatino Rizzo, Eric Hunting, Michel Bauwens, Cityleft, P2P Foundation *** This project was submitted to an international open context held in June in Italy and titled “Un’idea per la ricostruzione”.  We present in this proposal a scheme for efficient transitional housing for the communities of Abruzzo accounting for the need to maintain the social cohesion of original communities under reconstruction, given the protracted periods of time this may incur with the restoration of the traditional regional forms of architecture which are themselves both a source of

If you are following open source developments related to social networks, communities, and/or the semantic web, these three efforts (Community Equity, FOAF+SSL, and Kiwi) should be of interest: CommunityEquity Community Equity Open Source Milestone 1.1 The second half of Friday was dedicated to discussing the Sun Use released [link] 6:10 PM Jul 8th from twhirl

My Vermont buddie, Dave Burke , was tantalizing me last September with the kit of open source .net NET Open Source Online Community Development - Home Page NET Open Source software. NET Open Source applications net tools he was blending into a community platform. Well, the cat is out of the bag.

Ad-Supported Open-Source Community Blogging Becomes Reality: OpenServing Is Here Social media defined the last year of developments across the web , with social bookmarking , news , networks and community blogging rising into the ascendant. The web has transformed itself, moving forward from one-way, static communication into a sphere dominated by democratic, peer-driven content unfolding in a dynamic conversation between its users. Open-Source culture has also played an integral role in this unfolding landscape, with success stories such as Wikipedia tapping

we are seeing a point in history in which the mobile handset manufacturers and their partners are using OSS and collaborative development to ensure they do not get trapped in the narrow margin price war that caught the personal computer (PC) original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) in the previous technology wave. For non-technical people, the flow of announcements from the mobile telephony world about their adoption of ‘open’ platforms is quite difficult to follow, I think. So the following article is particularly welcome: - The Arrival of the Mobile Internet Thanks to the Economics of Open Source Software , Stephen R.

More enterprises, both large and small, are increasing their participation in open source communities to drive innovation. Entreprise participation in open source software development is the special theme of the Open Source Business Resource magazine of January 2009 . Their experiences provide perspectives on: i) the Eclipse Foundation, which maintains an ecosystem of over 150 enterprises that participate in Here’s the general presentation by editor-in-chief Dru Lavigne: “ 8220; The theme for this month’s issue of the OSBR is

A paragraph from a draft paper of mine titled “After the crisis: Towards a new social contract” for an April  2010 conference at Tallinn University of Technology: ….. Has Leviathan been open-sourced? One can articulate that all this relatively new theoretical universe successfully replaces Levathian with open source, collaborative production models, which motivate 8230;.. On the one hand, it is true that peer projects such as FLOSS or Wikipedia; the dynamics of the Open Access movement; and new legal concepts such as the Creative