Freedom in Technology and Software

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talks at freed.in/2008 - Communities is an oft used word

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Name of Speaker: Sankarshan Mukhopadhyay

Organisation / Affiliation OpenOffice.Org,Various Linux User Groups
Title of Talk Communities is an oft used word
Talk Abstract In the domain of Free and Open Source software communities is an oft used word. There are various communities - of creation, of consumption and of criticism. The one thing that gets lost in the din is that “it is not about the code”. A free culture requires putting in places practices of sharing and collaboration. The tools blend in with the culture. This talk touches upon the practices of a free and collaborative culture which organically leads to creation of people interested in the work. Trying to avoid the glass walling of communities, it is an attempt to explore the building up of a collaborative creative practice.
Relevance to freed.in/2008 This year the event focuses on knowledge, collaboration and the tools that enhance the methods of collaboration. In this aspect, a generic high level talk as the one suggested which touches upon various tools that organically seed sharing is relevant. I propose that the very fact that this talk is not fixated on tools but the culture is going to be of interest.

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4 Responses to “talks at freed.in/2008 - Communities is an oft used word”

  1. Random thoughts and serendipity » See you at freed.in 2008 where knowledge shall set you free on February 18th, 2008 15:51

    […] plan to muse a bit about how the walled garden nomenclature of everything as “communities” is perhaps […]

  2. Niyam Bhushan on February 19th, 2008 2:36

    good idea, but hope the talk is more in-depth and has some take-home value for attendees, but then am sure you already have that in your (red) hat.

  3. Sankarshan on February 20th, 2008 10:40

    I am getting so many ideas and pointers about what folks would like to hear that I am now whacking myself as to why I never mused aloud loud. Without giving too much away - the talk (or is it actually a talk ?) is less about “communities” and more about “culture”. So, if there’s a take away in there somewhere - it sure would be. The aspect of deep diving into communities to comprehend practices as if they were some CMM / ISO process is the worrisome aspect here.

  4. niyam bhushan on February 21st, 2008 0:15

    when it comes to you whacking yourself, pics or it didn’t happen!
    [g,d,r]