La bataille du logiciel libre


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Alors que l'informatique a envahi le quotidien de millions de nos contemporains, elle est devenue le champ d'une bataille d'une ampleur insoupçonnée en ces premières années du XXIe siècle : celle qui oppose les partisans du " logiciel libre " aux multinationales dont la fortune repose sur les " logiciels propriétaires ". Une bataille symbolisée par l'affrontement de plus en plus ouvert entre GNU/Linux et Microsoft - qui recourt désormais à toutes les armes contre cet adversaire insaisissable, de l'intoxication aux attaques juridiques. Jusqu'alors affaire de spécialistes et de techniciens, la révolution du logiciel libre concerne maintenant tous les usagers de l'informatique - et particulièrement ceux que préoccupe la mise en cause de l'intérêt public par la volonté d'accaparement de quelques grands groupes. D'où l'intérêt de ce livre, où les auteurs apportent des réponses claires et pédagogiques à toute une série de questions : comment est né le concept de logiciel libre ? Que recouvre-t-il et qui sont ses pionniers ? Comment fonctionne une communauté de développeurs ? Les logiciels libres répondent-ils vraiment aux besoins du grand public et peut-on se libérer de la dépendance aux logiciels propriétaires ? Quels sont les enjeux géopolitiques du Libre ? Quel rôle peut-il jouer dans le tiers monde ? Au-delà de ses informations pratiques, ce livre propose un précieux éclairage sur les guerres de la " propriété intellectuelle " : les problématiques de la bataille du logiciel libre sont en effet similaires à celles des médicaments génériques ou des revues scientifiques. En cela, l'objet du Libre est pleinement politique et social.




Responsabilité Sociale Partageé


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These reflections on the sharing of social responsibilities as proposed by the Council of Europe pave the way for asserting concepts and forms of behaviour that, while acknowledging differences in status and authority, can nevertheless promote multiple opportunities for deliberation, joint decision making, co-operation and reciprocity between stakeholders. If we are to avoid conflict and destruction in the face of growing interdependence, it is essential to reformulate current social choices, ensuring that social, intergenerational and environmental justice lie at their very heart. This volume, like the previous one on the same theme, calls us to take action by once again heeding a key social function: when making choices and decisions, taking into consideration the expectations and preferences of the different players and citizens, and in so doing to promote transparency. Failure to exercise this function will destroy our human, natural and knowledge - and solidarity-base




Manifeste pour une Création Artistique Libre dans un Internet Libre


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Ce texte propose d'abandonner les lois libeticides similaires à Hadopi et Dadvsi, qui visent à interdire de partager des la musique sur Internet. A la place, il prone l'utilisation d'une licence globale: un euro par mois par abonné suffit à remunerer tous les artistes, compositeurs, auteurs et interprètes mieux que le sytème actuel. Une repartition non linéaire des bénéfices de cette licence(repartition concave), est proposée, étudiée et validée. On montre aussi comment il faudrait mésurer la popularité des morceaux musicaux sans tomber dans les pièges des propositions actuelles.







The Fault in Our Stars


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The beloved, #1 global bestseller by John Green, author of The Anthropocene Reviewed and Turtles All the Way Down “John Green is one of the best writers alive.” –E. Lockhart, #1 bestselling author of We Were Liars “The greatest romance story of this decade.″ –Entertainment Weekly #1 New York Times Bestseller • #1 Wall Street Journal Bestseller • #1 USA Today Bestseller • #1 International Bestseller Despite the tumor-shrinking medical miracle that has bought her a few years, Hazel has never been anything but terminal, her final chapter inscribed upon diagnosis. But when a gorgeous plot twist named Augustus Waters suddenly appears at Cancer Kid Support Group, Hazel’s story is about to be completely rewritten. From John Green, #1 bestselling author of The Anthropocene Reviewed and Turtles All the Way Down, The Fault in Our Stars is insightful, bold, irreverent, and raw. It brilliantly explores the funny, thrilling, and tragic business of being alive and in love.




Capitalist Sorcery


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Capitalist Sorcery neither sets out a new political programme nor offers a new theory. Rather, it aims to encourage all those who are resistant to resignation and inertia, whose stories of partial successes must be told, celebrated and shared.







Coding Freedom


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Who are computer hackers? What is free software? And what does the emergence of a community dedicated to the production of free and open source software--and to hacking as a technical, aesthetic, and moral project--reveal about the values of contemporary liberalism? Exploring the rise and political significance of the free and open source software (F/OSS) movement in the United States and Europe, Coding Freedom details the ethics behind hackers' devotion to F/OSS, the social codes that guide its production, and the political struggles through which hackers question the scope and direction of copyright and patent law. In telling the story of the F/OSS movement, the book unfolds a broader narrative involving computing, the politics of access, and intellectual property. E. Gabriella Coleman tracks the ways in which hackers collaborate and examines passionate manifestos, hacker humor, free software project governance, and festive hacker conferences. Looking at the ways that hackers sustain their productive freedom, Coleman shows that these activists, driven by a commitment to their work, reformulate key ideals including free speech, transparency, and meritocracy, and refuse restrictive intellectual protections. Coleman demonstrates how hacking, so often marginalized or misunderstood, sheds light on the continuing relevance of liberalism in online collaboration.




Hacking Capitalism


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The Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) movement demonstrates how labour can self-organise production, and, as is shown by the free operating system GNU/Linux, even compete with some of the worlds largest firms. The book examines the hopes of such thinkers as Friedrich Schiller, Karl Marx, Herbert Marcuse and Antonio Negri, in the light of the recent achievements of the hacker movement. This book is the first to examine a different kind of political activism that consists in the development of technology from below.




Safeguarding Traditional Cultures


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Proceedings from a conference "A global assessment of the 1989 recommendation on the safeguarding of traditional culture and folklore" held at the Smithsonian Institution June 27-30 1999. The purpose of the conference was to assess the implementation of the Recommendation (an international normative instrument adopted by UNESCO in 1989), to bring together points of view and perspectives on the Recommendaion from around the world, and suggest ways in which the Recommendation might develop in the future so that its purpose, the safeguarding of traditional culture and folklore, might be achieved.