Bristol Anarchist Bookfair 2015 Talk

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The Free Software Movement: what lessons could the anarchist movement learn?

Duration: 50 minutes, talk and discussion

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The Free Software movement can be said to have begun in 1983 when Richard Stallman launched the GNU project. Since then a global network of projects worked on by individuals and organisations in a largely non-hierarchical fashion has gradually infiltrated the world of proprietary software. It has been subject to successes and failures, been co-opted and has changed the information technology world from within. What parallels are there with the anarchist movement and how does it fit with anarchist philosophy? Are there any lessons to be drawn from the Free Software movement that could be useful in anarchy's approach to gaining wider acceptance?

Free or Open Sources?

Parallels between Free Software and Anarchist Movements

Differences between Free Software and Anarchist Movements

Why would we want to learn lessons from Free Software?

Discussion

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