Re: Essay on Free Software

[Mats Bengtsson]

Does it have to be about software? Otherwise, it might be interesting
to write something about public music archives like Mutopia, which is
a phenomenon that's much less spread than public software, but still
has many common denominators.

   /Mats

Erik Sandberg wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I am now taking a distance course in Free Software/Open Source at Gothenburg's 
> university in Sweden.
>
> The course handles FS from different points of view; such as legal, 
> philosophical, economical and organisatorical. From the course description:
> The purpose of this course is to study the philosophical foundations and 
> theories that have developed in the open source/free software field. 
> Beginning with a historical view of the developments in theory and philosophy 
> the course participants will continue their study of the phenomenon and also 
> be given the opportunity to discuss the new issues these development 
> philosophies have given rise to. Additionally the question of whether these 
> same theories and philosophies can be applied in other fields of intellectual 
> endeavour aside from programming.
>
> Now the major part of the course examination is to write an essay of 4500 
> words. The subject is very vague; it should just be something about free 
> software. So now I'm looking for ideas.
>
> So my question for you all is now: Do you know any particular lilypond-related 
> subject such that the project would benefit if there existed a 4500 word 
> essay with this subject?
>
> Erik
>
>
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