[wsfii-discuss] FW: [wos] WOS4 will rock

Fri Jul 21 16:05:34 UTC 2006

FYI:

> -----Original Message-----
> From: wos-bounces at post.openoffice.de [mailto:wos-
> bounces at post.openoffice.de] On Behalf Of Volker Grassmuck
> Sent: Thursday, July 20, 2006 10:40 PM
> To: wos at post.openoffice.de
> Subject: [wos] WOS4 will rock
> 
> == please redistribute  ==
> 
> Wizards of OS 4
> Information Freedom Rules
> International Conference
> 14-16 September 2006
> in Columbia Hall Berlin
> http://wizards-of-os.org/
> 
> Not even 60 days to go before the Wizards of OS 4. This time it will
> take place in Columbia Hall [1], one of Berlin's greatest Rock 'n'
> Roll venues, so WOS4 is bound to rock. In fact, netlabels [2] and how
> they manage to make a buck with free bits is going to be one of
> WOS4's featured topics. Some of the most knowledgeable people in the
> field including book authors Janko Roettgers and Mo Sauer, and
> Magnatune's John Buckman will be discussing this fascinating new
> phenomenon. It will give us ample opportunity to rock your minds and
> bodies, not the least at the free music netlabel parties.
> 
> That's free as in speech, not as in beer. But even that old wisdom
> has become more complex since you will be able to *buy* free beer [3]
> as well. Now don't get me wrong, WOS is not turning into a beer
> conference, even though beer-to-beer networking will be as important
> as ever. WOS will stay firmly rooted in the universe of bits where
> Information Freedom Rules. But which freedom, and which rules?
> Freedom is essential. Money matters. It brings forth laws and
> licenses, social and cultural networks implemented in technology and
> in business models. On the opening key-note panel of WOS4, Cooking
> Pot Markets (Rishab Ghosh) will meet the Network Economy (Hal Varian)
> and the Wealth of Networks (Yochai Benkler). With all those rules
> framing freedom there will also be no shortage of unruly behaviour,
> more of which in the next announcement.
> 
> WOS4 will be three days packed with panels, workshops and parties [4]
> -- five days, in fact, if you include the workshops at Tesla, c-base,
> New Thinking and Humboldt University before and after the conference
> proper [5]. And there will be even more specials and projects like
> Wikipedia, Freifunk and Debian presenting themselves throughout the
> conference.
> 
> A novelty at WOS4 is the "Show des Freien Wissens" [6]. The German-
> language programme is directed at a mostly young audience of those
> curious about where all this free culture is coming from and what
> they can do for you. So if your kid brother, your neighbour or your
> mother keeps bugging you about these things, send them here. TV
> anchor Helge Haas will lead them through an entertaining and
> enlightening afternoon, addressing what they always wanted to know
> about free knowledge but never dared to ask.
> 
> Finally we are happy to announce that the video and audio
> documentation of WOS3 is now completely online [7]. You can revisit
> the 2004 highlights like the launch of the German Creative Commons
> licenses or the deep geek debate on the Unix paradigm and beyond.
> Maybe you want to download them to your mobile player for easy
> listening on the beach. In any case it's a nice opportunity to get in
> the mood for WOS4.
> 
> Don't miss it. Register now [8].
> 
> for the WOS team
> yours Volker Grassmuck
> 
> 
> [1] http://www.columbiahalle.de/
> [2] http://wizards-of-os.org/index.php?id=2314
> [3] http://www.freebeer.org/
> [4] http://wizards-of-os.org/index.php?id=2159
> [5] http://wizards-of-os.org/index.php?id=2800
> [6] http://wizards-of-os.org/show
> [7] http://wizards-of-os.org/index.php?id=551&L=3
> [8] http://wizards-of-os.org/index.php?id=2170&L=3
> 
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