From mathieu.oneil at anu.edu.au Fri May 28 05:23:53 2021 From: mathieu.oneil at anu.edu.au (Mathieu O'Neil) Date: Fri, 28 May 2021 03:23:53 +0000 Subject: ::fibreculture:: The coproduction of open source software by volunteers and big tech firms Message-ID: ***Apologies for multiple exposure*** The News and Media Research Centre is pleased to announce the launch of the Digital Commons Policy Council?s inaugural report. DATE/TIME Wed, 9 June 2021 10:00 ? 11:00 CET (Paris) 18:00 ? 19:00 AEST (Canberra) REGISTER FOR ZOOM LINK https://www.eventbrite.com/e/news-media-research-centre-report-launch-tickets-157144935733 TITLE The coproduction of open source software by volunteers and big tech firms AUTHORS Mathieu O?Neil, Xiaolan Cai, Laure Muselli, Fred Pailler and Stefano Zacchiroli SUMMARY This report maps how firms are collaborating with communities of unpaid volunteers to produce open source code, used in most IT applications and infrastructures. We map firm employee contributions to top GitHub repositories, and analyse how the IT press portrays this coproduction. We also show how IT firm and foundation employee presentations at open source conferences reveal contrasting visions of digital infrastructure, business models, and the firm-community relationship. Big tech firms such as Amazon are using cloud computing and Software as a Service to transform open source software, which is intended to be shared and modified, into closed assets. The report outlines strategic responses to big tech appropriation and reviews current debates about the recognition of volunteer work, money in FOSS, software licenses and universal basic incomes. The report also features invited comments exploring alternative perspectives by French open source specialists from the fields of academia, industry and activism. SCHEDULE 18:00-18:05 (10:00-10:05 CET Paris) Introduction and launch Prof. Kerry McCallum, Director N&MRC, University of Canberra 18:05-18:15 Firm-volunteer coproduction on GitHub and in the IT media Dr Mathieu O?Neil, University of Canberra 18:15-18:25 Firm discourses about open source, ongoing research Dr Laure Muselli, Telecom Paris Dr Stefano Zacchiroli, Universit? de Paris / Inria 18:25-18:30 Some strategic responses to big tech appropriation Dr Mathieu O?Neil, University of Canberra 18:30-19:00 Debate, Q&A The coproduction of open source software by volunteers and big tech firms report was made possible by the support of the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation and the Ford Foundation?s Critical Digital Infrastructure fund (2019-2020). THE COPRODUCTION OF OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARE BY VOLUNTEERS AND BIG TECH FIRMS Mathieu O?Neil, Xiaolan Cai, Laure Muselli, Fred Pailler and Stefano Zacchiroli 1.THE INTEGRATION OF OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARE INTO THE IT FIRM ECOSYSTEM Time for public authorities to stop blindly supporting big tech, by S?bastien Broca 2. FIRM EMPLOYEE CONTRIBUTIONS TO TOP GITHUB REPOSITORIES The ethics of open source must be enacted across the online service economy, by Herv? Le Crosnier 3. COPRODUCTION AND VOLUNTEER LABOUR IN THE IT MEDIA Predation is not sustainable, so give big tech a chance, by Thierry Carraz 4. DISCOURSES ABOUT OPEN SOURCE IN THE IT SECTOR Building common knowledge: The science commons, by Daniele Bourcier 5. STRATEGIC RESPONSES TO PREDATION AND FREE RIDING Framasoft, a pluralist alternative to big tech, by Pierre-Yves Gosset 6. DEBATING THE RECOGNITION OF UNPAID VOLUNTEER LABOUR: UBIs, MONEY IN FOSS, LICENCES Federated responses to big tech monopolies, by Celya Gruson-Daniel, Benjamin Jean and Camille Louis -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From Grayson.Cooke at scu.edu.au Mon May 31 00:05:31 2021 From: Grayson.Cooke at scu.edu.au (Grayson Cooke) Date: Sun, 30 May 2021 22:05:31 +0000 Subject: ::fibreculture:: Launch of Leonardo LASER Australia June 11 In-Reply-To: References: <8CFC1059-A508-46BD-AE43-7D024727109D@scu.edu.au> Message-ID: Dear colleagues, We are excited to announce the launch of the first Leonardo/ISAST LASER seminar series to be held in Australia. The inaugural event will be held both online and on-site, with a limited live capacity at the University of Queensland Art Museum, June 11 from 5.30pm AEST. At this talk, artist Dr Svenja J. Kratz (UTas) and scientist Professor Dietmar Hutmacher (QUT) will discuss their collaboration for the Posthuman Genetic Legacies project, a recipient of the prestigious ANAT Synapse Residency for 2021. The series is convened by Elizabeth Stephens (UQ) and myself. More information and the registration link can be found here: https://leonardo.info/civicrm/event/info?id=634&reset=1 Leonardo is the world?s leading art/science journal and a renowned centre for innovation at the nexus of art and science, and we?re very excited to be the first Australian convenors of their international series of LASER talks (Leonardo Art Science Evening Rendezvous). This year, we will be holding a series of these events, with another at HOTA on the Gold Coast in August, so watch out for more. Please note that capacity at the UQ Art Museum is limited due to COVID safe restrictions. We recommend registering soon to avoid disappointment if you are able to attend in person. Cheers, Grayson Cooke -- Grayson Cooke Associate Professor of Media Chair of Creative Arts Faculty of Business, Law and the Arts (FABL) Southern Cross University P.O. Box 157 Lismore NSW 2480 Ph: +61 2 6620 3839 http://scu.edu.au/digitalmedia http://www.graysoncooke.com CRICOS Provider: 102203G -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: leonardo_talk_kratz.jpg Type: image/jpeg Size: 435239 bytes Desc: leonardo_talk_kratz.jpg URL: