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Achieving Impossible Things is an introduction to free culture and commons-based enterprise. It is a book about finding low cost ways to collaborate and make big things happen using examples of major internet institutions. Started as a collection of articles from Free Software Magazine, this book explains how scattered individuals who individually do small things can make large things happen.
It is a truly inspiring book about how to start your own internet and free-culture projects.
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Wikipedia, Free Software, GNU/Linux, Project Gutenberg, Blender, OLPC, Sugar Labs, Creative Commons, GNU Public License, GPL, copyright, copyleft, women, commons-based enterprise, Free culture, Open Hardware, software, hardwarePeople
Ada Lovelace (1815-1852), Bruce Perens (1958-), Donald Knuth (1938-), Dave Scott, Eric Raymond (1957-), Galileo Galilei (1564-1642), Grace Hopper (1906-1992), Greg London, Ian Murdock, Lawrence Lessig, Linus Torvalds (1969-), Lourens Veen, Mark Shuttleworth (1973-), Mary Lou Jepsen, Matthias Ettrich, Mitchell Baker, Rosalind Picard, Rosario Lufrano, Ryan Cartwright, Val HensenTimes
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Achieving Impossible Things: With Free Culture and Commons-Based Enterprise
2009, Free Software Magazine Press
Paperback
in English
- First edition
0578032724 9780578032726
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Table of Contents
Magic or Method ( Introduction).
PART I.
Six Impossible Things.
7
Free Software: Debian GNU/Linux.
11
Free Knowledge: Wikipedia & Project Gutenberg.
19
Free Art & Music: Creative Commons Culture.
29
Community Financing: Blender & Open Movies.
43
Open Hardware: Chips, Computers, Cards, & Cars.
55
Closing the Digital Divide: OLPC & Sugar Labs.
71
A New Paradigm.
83
PART II.
The Rules of the Game.
87
Hold On Loosely: Project Licensing.
93
Create a Community: Project Hosting and Marketing.
111
Divide and Conquer: Disign Structure.
131
Grow, Don't Build: Design Process.
145
Be Bold: Setting Inspiring Goals.
161
Doing the Impossible (Conclusion).
171
APPENDICES.
Improving the Process.
177
Tools for Community Building.
181
Ten Easy Ways to Attract Women to your Project.
201
What if Copyright Didn't Apply to Binaries?.
227
Marketshare or Sharing?.
243
Buying for the Commons with CC+.
251
Licenses.
259
Glossary.
273
Index.
281
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