On 22 May 2011 16:11, Ruth Catlow <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello, > > Wendy from the excellent Constant asked me to forward this. > : )R > > ****************************************************************** > > Hey, > > I'm Wendy from Constant (www.constantvzw.org & capacitor.constantvzw.org) > > Next Tuesday I will talk about author's rights, free licenses in art for a > whole day in a postgraduate programme for > audiovisual and visual arts in Gent. -> www.hisk.be > > I would like to talk to them about why artists choose Free licences -because > this whole idea is quite foreign to them (I really have to go from > A to Z, what is a free license etc etc) > > -> So how do you use free & open licenses in your work > -> why?
I use free and open licenses in my work because they give me, as a non professional, a sense of security, and I feel it gives viewers/users of the work a sense of authority in that I take it seriously enough to license it. I am a programmer/artist only in my spare time rather than as a profession and only on my own terms rather than by being seen as a professional by peers. Therefore, freeing up my work to be distributed and modified by others allows it to take on a life of its own, and not be limited by my uselessness at networking/promoting/inspiring confidence in my work. I've always had very limited financial resources, so I naturally looked for low cost solutions. Free/open software and culture have greatly enabled me to continue learning. I've always had doubts about mainstream culture and society, so the ideas and attitudes of free/open software/culture seemed entirely appropriate and resonant with my own attitudes and ideas. I hope free culture/society is one of the ways forward for humans. James. > > > It does not have to take more than 5 minutes - but your answers would > really make my story a lot nicer - more voices etc.. > > Greetz from a sunny Brussels, > > Wendy > > > * > * > * > * > * > * > * > * > * > C O N S T A N T > V Z W > > > > > > > > * > * > * > * > * > * > * > * > * > C O N S T A N T > V Z W > > > > > > * > * > * > * > * > * > * > * > * > C O N S T A N T > V Z W > > > > > _______________________________________________ > NetBehaviour mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour > _______________________________________________ NetBehaviour mailing list [email protected] http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour
