== TOC == * Opening video: Open Seeds & Open Source http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CfNCCJECpss --------------------------------------------------------------- * Title + introduction [NO PIC] ** who I am ** my team & bona fides ** thus, why I'm here ** questions of the audience --------------------------------------------------------------- ** free <3 open <3 free [NO PIC] --------------------------------------------------------------- ** overview of this talk, give no surprises *** I'll cover some terminology about the open source way *** Then I'll talk about some stories and ideas that illustrate tosw *** By then we should have some common ground on tosw *** Then I'll invite you all to give us some examples of other, non-technology stories of tosw; quick examples so we can make a list, and time permitting I'd like to invite a few folks up here to tell the story. --------------------------------------------------------------- 1st - know the ingredients of the open source way [PIC: OPEN INGREDIENTS] * infrastructure of sharing ** needs infra of participation * something to share ** needs someone to share it (participants) --------------------------------------------------------------- ** Communities of Practice (CoP) - wenger et al quote --------------------------------------------------------------- Elements of a CoP [PIC: ] --------------------------------------------------------------- Principles of a CoP [PIC: PRINCE STREET] --------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd - let's tell some stories that illustrate tosw. * EXAMPLE: Barn raising (infrastructure of participation) [PIC: BARN RAISING FROM OSDC] ** How a barn raising works. ** When people get together to build bigger than barns, such as towns, they follow these timeless ways of building that arise from people building organically, following need and form and purpose, and are similar the world over. Refer to the book "A Timeless Way of Building" and the related work "A Pattern Language". One set of patterns that arises is around the village greens, which were often a commons for humans and everyone's grazing farm animals. --------------------------------------------------------------- * EXAMPLE: Musicians on the green ** Now that we have an infrastructure of participation (the village green), what do people do with it? ** Musicians are a CoP. Aside from personal pleasure, there are financial potentials, skills to grow and trade, and friendly competition between musicians. [PIC: MUSICIANS JAMMING] Most importantly, musicians learn from each other, and use musical bits they learn from each other to construct music. This might be a single song, or might be an epic jam, where each musician takes the licks from the other and responds with, "Oh, yeah? How about this?" Songs, rhythms, chords, instruments, tunings, and playing styles all travel over the world. --------------------------------------------------------------- ** Modern examples include the Grateful Dead, the myriad cover bands and home musicians, and the porcupine back of microphones visible at any concert. [PIC: DEAD SHOW] --------------------------------------------------------------- ANTI-EXAMPLE: Tom Sawyer is not open source. * In these cases, if someone acted against the interests of the community, folks would let them know. If a family called everyone in to do ALL the barn raising work ... If a musician only took ideas, used them to make a living, and never contributed back to the musical commons ... Tom Sawyer could never get away in such a situation -- too much transparency, too high of an expectation, too much experience of knowing what to do with slackers. [PIC: TOM SAWYER OSDC] --------------------------------------------------------------- [PIC: EXPLORATORIUM] * "Resonance naturally amplifies even the smallest of properly coordinated incremental impulses." - Michael Tiemann --------------------------------------------------------------- [PIC: AUDIENCE SHARING] * Let's hear your stories. I'd like to bring the mic around and hear from all of you - what are stories you would tell that illustrate the open source way without bringing in all the techno mumbo-jumbo. --------------------------------------------------------------- * Digital commons - the musicians' common meets the open video movement * http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jYJ9DGysSnE --------------------------------------------------------------- * Questions? --------------------------------------------------------------- Image credits --------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------- == random notes == barn raising chinese food -- all the prep, then FLASH poker analogy musicians doing the, "OK, now I'll raise you." Presentation goals: * Why free and open source software (FOSS) represent that barnraising and commons on a global scale, with the same reach as folks in your local community. * How FOSS is history's first worldwide barn building, complex and troublesome and beautiful, and ultimately very useful. * Why people are specifically using the open source brand to talk about how these methods can be applied to other domains and endeavors. * At the end of this presentation, you should understand why FOSS is not a fad but rather is the inheritor of a long human tradition around collaboration, openness, apprenticeship, and working respectfully within the commons on matters of common good. == s1 == Barn raising and musicians on the green - old ideas in a digital world Karsten Wade Red Hat Community Leadership Team === s1 notes === * Introduce myself and provide my bona fides. * Questions: * Who here is comfortable understanding what open source software is? * Who can explain what open source is within two minutes? One minute? 30 seconds? 15 seconds? * free <3 open <3 free * Focus on freedom, focus on open. * Regardless of the term you use, the people involved agree enough on the basic ideas in either direction that it's not worth quibbling about when you are first coming to understand. * It's simple enough to agree that without essential freedoms, we couldn't be open and useful for education, business, etc. * Overview of this talk: ** At the end of this presentation, you should understand why FOSS is not a fad but rather is the inheritor of a long human tradition around collaboration, openness, apprenticeship, and working respectfully within the commons on matters of common good. == s == Going back ... === s notes === So, let's take this back a few centuries. What I'd like to do is talk about some different ways that communities act when they want to get something done, or to have a good time, or even to just cook a meal. == s == === s notes === == s == The open source way - what we call it when applying the principles of FOSS development to other domains. === s notes === * A domain of endeavor is what a community forms around - hunting, skateboarding, lawyering, etc. == s == === s notes === == s == === s notes === == s == === s notes ===