Tim Cowlishaw wrote:
What do people on-list think about this, especially the paragraph
relating to IP and open source?
Quoted from:
http://eustonmanifesto.org/joomla/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=12&Itemid=1
I was trying to work out why the manifesto was so negative and who all
these terrible 'left-liberals' they were attacking were; it took me a
while to realise a lot of it is targetted at George Galloway and
Respect. So I think the manifesto fits into too narrow a political
slot (left of New Labour but right of Respect) for any of the
free/open groups to identify with directly. The para on open source
seemed slightly out of place with the rest, though definitely within
their general position (I can't see Stallman or even Raymond signing up
to that paragraph). I think it's great that free culture (in the general
sense) now gets reflected into political positions in the wider world -
but it's definitely that way round, and this shouldn't be taken as a
political position being provided for free culture to fit into. If
someone wants to offer them some advice maybe they should suggest that
'open development' is not that helpful unless the final result is
also free. But I suspect it is not just a case of sloppiness, and that
they would positively not agree with this.
Well, my 0.5p...
cheers
Graham
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14) Open source.
As part of the free exchange of ideas and in the interests of
encouraging joint intellectual endeavour, we support the open
development of software and other creative works and oppose the
patenting of genes, algorithms and facts of nature. We oppose the
retrospective extension of intellectual property laws in the financial
interests of corporate copyright holders. The open source model is
collective and competitive, collaborative and meritocratic. It is not
a theoretical ideal, but a tested reality that has created common
goods whose power and robustness have been proved over decades.
Indeed, the best collegiate ideals of the scientific research
community that gave rise to open source collaboration have served
human progress for centuries.
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cheers,
Tim
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