Cardiff: Psychology: Vaughan Bell:
BA / BSc Design for Interactive Media
Additional Links and Information for Vaughan's " From Free Software to Open Access Media: Alternative Models of Distribution and Development" Lecture
Concepts Free software Open source Digital Rights Management Peer to Peer Linux Organisations The GNU Project One of the primary organisations which has argued for free software, particular see their philosophy page. Creative Commons Organisation promoting various open content licensing schemes. Public Library of Science Promotes and publishes freely distributable scientific and medical research Wikipedia Collaborative, free content, open access encyclopaedia. Articles Open Source as a Social Movement Microsoft Raps Open Source Approach Steve Ballmer's (Microsoft) comments on viability of Open Source development The Free Software Story from Salon.com What's wrong with copy protection by John Gilmore Chen and Schroeder's paper on P2P system weaknesses - see top right for viewing or downloading full text The Cathedral and the Bazaar by Eric Raymond Free Culture by Lawrence Lessig - online copy of book and other resources. Misc Firefox web browser
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