Structured freedom
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| penguinist Jul 09, 2011 8:13 AM EDT |
Quoting:The problem in software today is not the hardware, or the technical challenge of writing the code, it is the social challenge of making sure we are all working together productively. If we fix this, the future will arrive very fast. Keith, you have obviously thought long and hard about free software and its role in creating a better future through collaboration. There is a dichotomy however. The very nature of freedom enables participants to explore and work in whatever direction they choose, so freedom does not automatically lead to "working together". Some of the best success stories (Linux Kernel, Wikipedia) have succeeded because some structure had been put in place which has focussed the energies of a community around a specific problem/solution domain. Perhaps the solution to your "social challenge" consists in the establishment of structured collaboration environments. |
| TxtEdMacs Jul 09, 2011 8:55 AM EDT |
Hey Biped Birdy, I think you posted under the wrong story. How about a guess, shouldn't this be under one of the rants comparing the possibility of freedom of code and the lack thereof in the more conventional creative arts or its rebuttal? YBT |
| keithcu Jul 09, 2011 9:56 PM EDT |
Hi penguinist; This response is for the right story. I agree that we need effective collaboration environments. Python creates a great one. Note that Python is mature now, so we don't really need to establish anything. Take computer vision: some work on OpenCV (which is a terrible collaboration environment), some work on their own codebase, some work in Ruby, etc., etc. It is a social challenge of getting people to know / use of them. Regards, -Keith |
| gus3 Jul 10, 2011 6:34 AM EDT |
"social challenge" A more apropos turn of phrase would be very difficult to come by. |
| phsolide Jul 10, 2011 1:01 PM EDT |
Eternal sloppiness is the price of freedom. |
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