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2010 edition: Here we go!
We invite you to join 3 brilliant authors and to share with them your thoughts, suggestions and insights in a true collaborative effort . The result of this collaboration will be officially published for Open World Forum, October 1, 2010. YOUR INPUTS AND COMMENTS ARE FUNDAMENTAL TO ENRICH OUR COMMON FLOSS VISION! While previous editions [...]
2010 Edition: FLOSS as Commons
After Michael Tiemann and Philippe Aigrain’s papers, “FLOSS as Commons“ is the final major contribution written by David Bollier for the 3rd edition of 2020 FLOSS Roadmap We hope you will appreciate David’s vision about how FLOSS and Commons are closely related. And we count on your insights and comments to enrich it. So please [...]
2010 Edition: Free Cloud (as in Free Software)
In the scope of 2010 edition and its 3 main topics and after the publication of Michael Tiemann’s paper about BRIC, here is the second major contribution by Philippe Aigrain about “Freedom in the Cloud”. We hope you will appreciate Philippe’s insights. And we are also expecting your contributions. So please contribute!
2010 Edition: First major contribution
Following the call for contribution to the new edition of 2020 Floss Roadmap, we are very honored this call has been answered by key contributors who accepted to participate to our collaborative effort. As you may know (see previous post), 2010 edition will focus on 3 predominant topics:”Floss as Commons”, “BRIC and FLOSS” and “Freedom [...]
2010 Edition: Call for contributions
Time has come to re-open the debates which will feed the 3rd edition of 2020 FLOSS Roadmap. Since 2009 edition (see http://www.2020flossroadmap.org/roadmap/synthesis/), it looks like FLOSS has been through the crisis but with various side effects. While we may confirm FLOSS is there to stay, the tensions between open and free are highly sensitive (again); [...]
European Commission on Cloud
A workshop about “The Future of Cloud Computing” has been held in Brussels on the 26th of January. This workshop gathered 300 attendees from European Community and from other countries such as India, Japan and USA – this presence reminding the global nature of the topic and the necessity of international collaborations. Organised by European [...]
A path from information to action
Introduction to 2010 Edition While Open World Forum 2010 has been officially launched during last Steering Committee and Forum Committee’s meetings earlier in January, let’s have a look at what are the objectives of the 3rd edition of 2020 FLOSS Roadmap as it will be published end of September. Full text of 2010 working document [...]
Christmas 09 Gift: New Column
A new column is now available on 2020flossroadmap.org: Related Links This new column is a collection of all links gathered since last edition of the road map thanks to all tweets, blogs and news published during this period. All these links are related to the key topics of our study: Commons Digital Economy, Copyrights, etc. [...]
FLOSS and commons: the roots
How etymology of the word commons illuminates FLOSS When we started discussing about next version of 2020 Floss Roadmap, we agreed to insist on the importance of FLOSS to be acknowledged as a commons. And this brought to the table three questions: “why FLOSS should be considered as a commons?”, “Who has to acknowledged FLOSS [...]
What happened since 2nd edition of 2020 Floss Roadmap?
Here is a (too long?) report about what has been going on since 2nd edition was released. Personal message First of all and as some of you may have noticed, I broke my neck. And this accident prevented me to fully enjoy Open World Forum 2010, the presence of so many high level speakers and [...]
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