Re: [Fsfe-uk] Re: [centres] Free Libre Open Source Software

[Adam Moran]

Hi Tom,

Sorry its taken me so long to reply. I've been busy elsewhere.

On 12/01/04 09:06 Tom Coady wrote:

> Adam Moran said the following on 12/01/2004 02:46:

> > "As a team the Community Programmes, thinks that the web is a 
> > publishing medium and that it enables the development of 'androgogy', 
> > that is self-directed learning. We feel that we should be involved in 
> > the development of tools that people can deploy for their own 
> > purposes." 
>
> Perhaps they would consider supporting the FSFE list as well. I am sure 
> we could really use their help, when we are not learning androgogiously.

I think you are right to point on how the mode of production of both 
groups is the same. I think that is what I was aiming at in my CRISmas 
Carol [1] post here:

> This system [CRIS] enables us to author FLOSS, and other group learning 
> artifacts, which are both more useful and less labor intensive than those 
> produced by the money-system artifact.

I was thinking in terms of web based resources as the 'other group 
learning artifacts' when I wrote the above.

> Adam Moran said the following on 12/01/2004 02:46:

> > I am unsure how long this infrastructure will last in its present 
> > form. I trust that the lessons learnt by the ICT sector in these 
> > centres will be refined in future community activity.
>
>
> Sounds like a really well sorted strategy. Congratulations on creative 
> use of taxation. Makes me feel happy to pay tax.

I don't think any of us should be defeatist. What we are managing to 
produce *despite* the dominance of an older mode of production is really 
quite remarkable. And *despite* the conditions in which we find 
ourselves, we can still intervene for the better.

I re-purposed a few site diaries from old jobs this week as an example 
of how I think this could / does work. [2]

[ox-en] [BUG] Something is *rotten* in the state of Debian

--
Adam

[1] http://mail.gnu.org/archive/html/fsfe-uk/2003-12/msg00118.html
[2] http://www.oekonux.org/list-en/archive/msg02013.html