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# From publishing with free software to free publishing
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This blog is about “free publishing” but, what does that means?
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The term “free” it isn't only problematic in English. May be more
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than in others languages because of the confusion between “free as in beer”
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and “free as in speech.” But by itself the concept of freedom is so ambiguous
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than even in Philosophy we are very careful in its use. Even though it is
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a problem, I like that the term doesn't have a clear definition---at the
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end, how free could we be if freedom is well defined?
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Some years ago, when I started to work hand-in-hand with Programando Libreros
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and Hacklib I realized that we weren't just doing publishing with free
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software. We are doing free publishing. So I attempted to defined it in
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[a post](https://marianaeguaras.com/edicion-libre-mas-alla-creative-commons/)
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but it doesn't convince me anymore.
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The term was floating around until December, 2018. At Contracorriente---yearly
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fanzine fair celebrated in Xalapa, Mexico---Hacklib and me were invited to give
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a talk about publishing and free software. Between all of us we made a poster
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of everything we talked that day.
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![Poster made at Contracorriente, nice, isn't it?](../../../img/p001_i001.jpg)
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The poster was very helpful because in a simple Venn diagram we were
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able to distinguish several intersections of activities that involves our work.
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Here you have it more readable:
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![Venn diagram of publishing, free software and politics](../../../img/p001_i002.png)
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So I'm not gonna define what is publishing, free software or politics---it
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is my fucking blog so I can write whatever I want xD and you can
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[duckduckgo](https://duckduckgo.com/?q=I+dislike+google) it without a
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satisfactory answer. But as you can see, there are at least two very familiar
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intersections: cultural policies and hacktivism. I dunno how it is in your
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country, but in Mexico we have very strong cultural policies for
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publishing---or at least that is what publishers _think_ and are comfortable,
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not matter that most of the times they go against open access and readers.
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“Hacktivism” is a fuzzy term, but it could be clear if we realized that
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code as property is not the only way we can define it. Actually it is very
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problematic because property isn't a natural right, but one that is produced
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by our societies and protected by our states---yeah, individuality isn't the
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foundation of rights and laws, but a construction of the self produced society.
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So, do I have to mention that property rights isn't as fair as we would want?
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Between publishing and free software we get “publishing with free software.”
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What does that implies? It is the activity of publishing using software that
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accomplish the famous---infamous?---[four freedoms](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Free_Software_Definition).
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For people that use software as a tool, this means that, firstly, we aren't
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force to pay anything in order to use software. Secondly, we have access to
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the code and do whatever we want with it. Thirdly---and for me the most
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important---we can be part of a community, instead of be treated as a consumer.
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It sounds great, isn't it? But we have a little problem: the freedom only
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applies to software. As publisher you can benefit from free software and that
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doesn't mean you have to free your work. Penguin Random House---the
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Google of publishing---one day could decided to use TeX or Pandoc, saving
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tons of money at the same time they keep the monopoly of publishing.
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Stallman saw that problem with the manuals published by O'Reilly and he
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proposed the GNU Free Documentation License. But by doing so he trickly
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distinguished [different kinds of works](https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/copyright-and-globalization.en.html).
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It is interesting see texts as functionality, matter of opinion or aesthetics
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but in the publishing industry nobody cares a fuck about that. The distinctions
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works great between writers and readers, but it doesn't problematize the fact
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that publishers are the ones who decide the path of almost all our text-centered
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culture.
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In my opinion, that's dangerous at least. So I prefer other tricky distinction.
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Big publishers and their mimetic branch---the so called “indie”
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publishing---only cares about two things: sells and reputation. They want to
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live _well_ and get social recognition from the _good_ books they publish.
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If one day the software communities develop some desktop publishing or
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typesetting easy-to-use and suitable for all their _professional_ needs,
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we would see how “suddenly” publishing industry embraces free software.
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So, why don't we distinguish published works by their funding and sense of
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community? If what you publishing has public funding---for your knowledge,
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in Mexico practically all publishing has this kind of funding---it would be
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fair to release the files and leave hard copies for sell: we already pay for
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that. This is a very common argument among supporters of open access in science,
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but we can go beyond that. Not matter if the work relies on functionality,
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matter of opinion or aesthetics; if is a science paper, a philosophy essay or a
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novel and it has public funding, we have pay for the access, come on!
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You can still sell publications and go to Messe Frankfurt, Guadalajara
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International Book Fair or Beijing Book Fair: it is just doing business with
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the _bare minium_ of social and political awareness. Why do you want more money
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from us if we already gave it to you?---and you get almost all the profits,
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leaving the authors with just the satisfaction of seeing her work published…
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The sense of community goes here. In a world where one of the main problems is
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artificial scarcity---paywalls instead of actual walls---we need to apply
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[copyleft](https://www.gnu.org/licenses/copyleft.en.html) or, even better,
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[copyfarleft](http://telekommunisten.net/the-telekommunist-manifesto/) licenses
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in our published works. They aren't the solution, but they are a support to
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maintain the freedom and the access in publishing.
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As it goes, we need free tools but also free works. I already have the tools
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but I lack from permission to publish some books that I really like. I don't
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want that happen to you with my work. So we need a publishing ecosystem where
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we have access to all files of a particular edition---our source code and
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binary files--- and also to the tools---the free software---so we can improve,
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as a community, the quality and access of the works. Who doesn't want that?
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With these politics strains, free software tools and publishing as a way of
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living as a publisher, writer and reader, free publishing is a pathway.
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With Programando Libreros and Hacklib we use free software, we invest time in
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activism and we work in publishing: _we do free publishing, what about you?_
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"[a post](https://marianaeguaras.com/edicion-libre-mas-alla-creative-"
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"Between publishing and free software we get “publishing with free software.” "
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"What does that implies? It is the activity of publishing using software that "
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"It sounds great, isn't it? But we have a little problem: the freedom only "
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"applies to software. As publisher you can benefit from free software and "
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"that doesn't mean you have to free your work. Penguin Random House---the "
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"Google of publishing---one day could decided to use TeX or Pandoc, saving "
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"tons of money at the same time they keep the monopoly of publishing."
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"It sounds great, isn't it? But we have a little problem: the freedom only "
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"applies to software. As publisher you can benefit from free software and "
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"that doesn't mean you have to free your work. Penguin Random House---the "
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"Google of publishing---one day could decided to use TeX or Pandoc, saving "
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"tons of money at the same time they keep the monopoly of publishing."
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"Stallman saw that problem with the manuals published by O'Reilly and he "
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"proposed the GNU Free Documentation License. But by doing so he trickly "
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"distinguished [different kinds of works](https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/"
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"copyright-and-globalization.en.html). It is interesting see texts as "
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"functionality, matter of opinion or aesthetics but in the publishing "
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"industry nobody cares a fuck about that. The distinctions works great "
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"between writers and readers, but it doesn't problematize the fact that "
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"publishers are the ones who decide the path of almost all our text-centered "
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"culture."
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"Stallman saw that problem with the manuals published by O'Reilly and he "
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"proposed the GNU Free Documentation License. But by doing so he trickly "
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"In my opinion, that's dangerous at least. So I prefer other tricky "
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"distinction. Big publishers and their mimetic branch---the so called “indie” "
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"publishing---only cares about two things: sells and reputation. They want to "
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"live _well_ and get social recognition from the _good_ books they publish. "
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"If one day the software communities develop some desktop publishing or "
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"typesetting easy-to-use and suitable for all their _professional_ needs, we "
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"would see how “suddenly” publishing industry embraces free software."
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msgstr ""
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"In my opinion, that's dangerous at least. So I prefer other tricky "
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"distinction. Big publishers and their mimetic branch---the so called “indie” "
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"publishing---only cares about two things: sells and reputation. They want to "
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"live _well_ and get social recognition from the _good_ books they publish. "
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"If one day the software communities develop some desktop publishing or "
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"typesetting easy-to-use and suitable for all their _professional_ needs, we "
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"would see how “suddenly” publishing industry embraces free software."
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msgid ""
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"So, why don't we distinguish published works by their funding and sense of "
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"community? If what you publishing has public funding---for your knowledge, "
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"in Mexico practically all publishing has this kind of funding---it would be "
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"fair to release the files and leave hard copies for sell: we already pay for "
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"that. This is a very common argument among supporters of open access in "
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"science, but we can go beyond that. Not matter if the work relies on "
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"functionality, matter of opinion or aesthetics; if is a science paper, a "
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"philosophy essay or a novel and it has public funding, we have pay for the "
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"access, come on!"
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"community? If what you publishing has public funding---for your knowledge, "
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"in Mexico practically all publishing has this kind of funding---it would be "
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"fair to release the files and leave hard copies for sell: we already pay for "
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"that. This is a very common argument among supporters of open access in "
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"science, but we can go beyond that. Not matter if the work relies on "
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"functionality, matter of opinion or aesthetics; if is a science paper, a "
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"access, come on!"
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"You can still sell publications and go to Messe Frankfurt, Guadalajara "
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"International Book Fair or Beijing Book Fair: it is just doing business with "
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"the _bare minium_ of social and political awareness. Why do you want more "
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"money from us if we already gave it to you?---and you get almost all the "
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"profits, leaving the authors with just the satisfaction of seeing her work "
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"published…"
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msgstr ""
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#: content/md/004_test.js:77
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"The sense of community goes here. In a world where one of the main problems "
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"is artificial scarcity---paywalls instead of actual walls---we need to apply "
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"[copyleft](https://www.gnu.org/licenses/copyleft.en.html) or, even better, "
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"[copyfarleft](http://telekommunisten.net/the-telekommunist-manifesto/) "
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"licenses in our published works. They aren't the solution, but they are a "
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"support to maintain the freedom and the access in publishing."
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msgstr ""
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"The sense of community goes here. In a world where one of the main problems "
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"is artificial scarcity---paywalls instead of actual walls---we need to apply "
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"[copyleft](https://www.gnu.org/licenses/copyleft.en.html) or, even better, "
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"[copyfarleft](http://telekommunisten.net/the-telekommunist-manifesto/) "
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msgstr ""
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msgstr ""
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||||
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|
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|
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|
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msgstr ""
|
||||
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"The sense of community goes here. In a world where one of the main problems "
|
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"[copyfarleft](http://telekommunisten.net/the-telekommunist-manifesto/) "
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msgstr ""
|
||||
|
||||
#: content/md/004_test.js:83
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||||
msgid ""
|
||||
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|
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|
||||
"where we have access to all files of a particular edition---our source code "
|
||||
"and binary files--- and also to the tools---the free software---so we can "
|
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"improve, as a community, the quality and access of the works. Who doesn't "
|
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"want that?"
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||||
msgstr ""
|
||||
|
||||
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||||
msgid ""
|
||||
"With these politics strains, free software tools and publishing as a way of "
|
||||
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|
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"activism and we work in publishing: _we do free publishing, what about you?_ "
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