Wealth by copyleft... creativity in the digital age

From: Frederick Noronha (FN) (fred_at_bytesforall.org)
Date: 12/22/03

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    Call for Contribution
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    Wealth by copyleft
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    Creativity in the digital age
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    3. Oekonux Conference

    May 20th-23rd, 2004

    Department of Philosophy at Vienna University

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    Project Oekonux
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    In Project Oekonux [http://www.oekonux.org/] and in the neighboring
    OpenTheory [http://www.opentheory.org/] different people with
    different opinions and different methods study the economic and
    political forms of Free Software.

    An important question is, whether the principles of the development of
    Free Software (without exchange in the core, self-organized, common
    and unlimited participation in the production knowledge) may be the
    foundation of a new economy which is no longer based on the dogma of
    economic scarcity. New economy may also mean the basis for a new form
    of society. So Oekonux is not only concerned with Free Software but
    with the relation of Free Software and transformation of society. From
    the far ranging Oekonux debate new views on past transformation
    processes of society and a completely new theory of transformation of
    society emerge - e.g. the germ form hypothesis.

    A closely related question is, whether, where and how in the given
    economic and societal framework a culture of Free Information Goods
    emerges and thus makes the principles of the development of Free
    Software fruitful for other areas. Are the principles of the
    development of Free Software a temporary or integratable phenomenon or
    do they spread in other areas of society sooner or later.

    The conference
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    The motto of the conference "Wealth by copyleft -- Creativity in the
    digital age" points especially to these questions:

    o How do the production methods of Free Software affect science,
         art, education, production?

    o Does the wealth of the information society come from patents and
         "Creative Industries"? Or does Copyleft gain legitimization for a
         more powerful and sustainable source of wealth beyond the logic
         of money?

    o Which coalitions do evolve in these processes and on which basis
         do they work?

    o Special interest receives the relation of Free Selbstentfaltung
         and societal agreements: How do self-organized societal relations
         come into being and how do they grow? How does cooperation and
         self-organization function at all? Especially: How are conflicts
         and power handled?

    Meanwhile for these and similar questions the Oekonux community became
    an internationally recognized focus point. From the simple mailing
    list this virtual community slowly develops into a collective research
    project - without a prior project management. Factual needs and their
    perception shall determine the next step. A slowly emerging consensus
    and the work of accepted maintainers are the moving spirit. This is
    producing theory just as Free Software.

    After the success of the 1. [http://erste.oekonux-konferenz.de/] and
    2. [http://second.oekonux-conference.org/] Oekonux conference the 3.
    Oekonux conference [http://www.oekonux-conference.org/] takes place in
    cooperation with the Institute for Philosophy in Vienna. Besides the
    questions raised above contributions to these topics are welcome.

    o Free Software

         Experiences from projects, success stories, but also conflicts,
         contradictions (for example making money vs. self-unfolding, wage
         labor vs. Free Doing, etc.) as well as studies about the
         phenomenon of Free Software.

    o Technological development

         Examples of development of technology with a potential similar to
         Free Software. What significance do Free Standards have? What may
         such a technological development mean for ecological questions?

    o Alternative and anti-economy

         Theoretical models of the abolition of exchange, labor, and
         money. Practical experiences in projects on the height of the
         technological and social development. Contradictions of theory
         and practice.

    o How can Oekonux become practical?

         Interesting are suggestions for concrete projects, which try to
         practice our ideas. Free Licenses for other fields, gratis shops,
         ...

    For all contributions the relation to the topic field of Oekonux
    should be recognizable.

    The planned conference shall give room to bundle, collectively
    re-discuss and make fruitful for all, thoughts which developed in
    different places independently. Besides getting to know one other in
    talks and workshops the respective current state of the discussion
    shall be presented. Moreover there will be a concentrated introduction
    in the content of the Oekonux debate.

    Speakers wanted
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    People interested in giving a talk, preparing a workshop or moderate a
    discussion round please submit a short outline of their intentions to
    Project Oekonux [mailto:projekt@oekonux.de]. (Mails to this address
    are archived on the web. Please ask there if there is a problem with
    this.) If someone wants to add some other kind of contribution please
    also contact this address.

    Deadline for such outlines is

    March 1st, 2004

    Decision about the chosen contributions is until March 31th, 2004.

    The conference languages are German and English. Translators are
    needed!

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