One Year of Open Source

[phantom power]

Interesting project

I plan to use myself as a subject in an experiment to canvas the range of open source ideas and products, search out and discuss ways around traditional copyright licensing, and see how the ideas of free software, libre hardware and copyleft can affect different areas of everyday life.
In every aspect of my life, from the clothes I wear to the film equipment and appliances I use, I will be looking for and switching to open source alternatives, in hardware, software and services.

http://www.indiegogo.com/yearofopensource

I will be documenting my projects, challenges and interviews in regular writing and videos on a website, gathering opinions and suggestions from experts in the field and from my readers. There will be at least one video per week and plenty of writing, photos and other activities.
I’m starting this project for the following reasons.
1. to tell the world about open source, to explain the idea, its use, its history and its potential.
2. to contribute to open source projects myself, despite not being a hacker or developer.
3. to be involved in making and learning about how products and tools are made.
4. to present a portrait of Berlin’s open source, DIY, political and self-organised scene.
5. to test-drive the open source philosophy, to see how far the idea will stretch.

-I’ll be actively avoiding companies and industries which rely on a very closed-source model (eg food from copyrighted seed strains).
-I’ll be looking at how open source affects education, and using open, collaborative learning methods to learn how to code, how to solder, and how to speak Turkish.
-In some aspects of my life, (eg. air travel) no open source option will be apparent. In this case I will research and try to outline why not – what barriers there may be in that industry/service to a viable open source option, and what possibilities there may be for the future.
-Richard Stallman would also point out that there are also issues with the name and philosophy of 'open source' which need to be discussed: How Open Source misses the point.

http://www.indiegogo.com/yearofopensource

[Rabid_Rabbit]

1. Thanks

I will read this. I try to use and support open source on my computers but never really thought it applicable in other aspects of my life.