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already knew Eric as the author of a wealth typology , which explains the urgent need for wealth acknowledgement systems that can recognize the kind of not-directly monetizable wealth that is created by open communities, driven as they are by use value, and not by exchange value. the p2p monetary infrastructure, that we need just as much as a p2p ICT infrastructure, a distributed energy grid, and a distributed manufacturing system. Yesterday, I presented the insights and projects of Eric Harris-Braun, who is working on a meta-currency platform. I

ShiftSpace An open source layer above any webpage Install ShiftSpace easy 3 step installation | Version 0.14 | January 10, 2009 ShiftSpace (pronounced: § ) is an open source browser plugin for collaboratively annotating, editing and shifting the web. Overview

systems developers not taking into account these context factors and values Systems. taking such a comprehensive socio-technical systems view. with its processes and methodology, this systems view is often not framed much more From Oct 27-30, 2008, the 5th Community Informatics & Development Informatics conference was was held in Prato, Italy. 

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 .

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Tollgates are erected between effort and consumption, so that it becomes harder to meet our subsistence needs through our own direct labor or through barter with other small producers outside the wage system. For example, the patent system encourages an R&D effort focused mainly on tweaking existing drugs just enough to claim that they’re “new,” and justify getting a new patent on them (the so-called “me too” drugs). The healthcare industry is a textbook example of what Ivan Illich (in Tools for Conviviality ) called a “radical monopoly.”

The Four Pillars of an Open Civic System Everyone is talking a lot about open government and transparency these days. What we really want (or what I really want anyway) is not simply government transparency, but an open civic system - a civic system that operates, and flourishes, as a fully open system, for whatever level we happen to be talking about - federal, state, city, neighborhood, whatever. Posted by John Geraci on O’Reilly Radar It’s exhilarating stuff, and it’s even more exciting to see governments get

From an extensive discussion about the possibility of a infrastructure for Open Hardware stores, at the p2presearch mailing list. Software relying on a range of striking Open Source applications. Lets call it the Open Source Physical Product side, not only electronic hardware, but all kind of different stuff. Thomas Diener: “I’ll can send a more structured text within the next few weeks but it will be in my very simple English. If somebody would like to translate from German into English it would make my job much easier.

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. Open Source Business Resource, January 2009 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.