#, fuzzy msgid "" msgstr "" "Project-Id-Version: 001_free-publishing 1.0\n" "Report-Msgid-Bugs-To: Nika Zhenya \n" "POT-Creation-Date: 2019-03-20 13:30-0600\n" "Last-Translator: Nika Zhenya \n" "MIME-Version: 1.0\n" "Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8\n" "Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit\n" #: content/md/001_free-publishing.js:1 msgid "# From publishing with free software to free publishing" msgstr "" #: content/md/001_free-publishing.js:2 msgid "" "This blog is about “free publishing” but, what does that means? The term " "“free” it isn't only problematic in English. May be more than in others " "languages because of the confusion between “free as in beer” and “free as in " "speech.” But by itself the concept of freedom is so ambiguous than even in " "Philosophy we are very careful in its use. Even though it is a problem, I " "like that the term doesn't have a clear definition---at the end, how free " "could we be if freedom is well defined?" msgstr "" #: content/md/001_free-publishing.js:9 msgid "" "Some years ago, when I started to work hand-in-hand with Programando " "Libreros and Hacklib I realized that we weren't just doing publishing with " "free software. We are doing free publishing. So I attempted to defined it in " "[a post](https://marianaeguaras.com/edicion-libre-mas-alla-creative-" "commons/) but it doesn't convince me anymore." msgstr "" #: content/md/001_free-publishing.js:14 msgid "" "The term was floating around until December, 2018. At Contracorriente---" "yearly fanzine fair celebrated in Xalapa, Mexico---Hacklib and me were " "invited to give a talk about publishing and free software. Between all of us " "we made a poster of everything we talked that day." msgstr "" #: content/md/001_free-publishing.js:18 msgid "" "![Poster made at Contracorriente, nice, isn't it?](../../../img/p001_i001." "jpg)" msgstr "" #: content/md/001_free-publishing.js:19 msgid "" "The poster was very helpful because in a simple Venn diagram we were able to " "distinguish several intersections of activities that involves our work. Here " "you have it more readable:" msgstr "" #: content/md/001_free-publishing.js:22 msgid "" "![Venn diagram of publishing, free software and politics](../../../img/" "p001_i002.png)" msgstr "" #: content/md/001_free-publishing.js:23 msgid "" "So I'm not gonna define what is publishing, free software or politics---it " "is my fucking blog so I can write whatever I want xD and you can [duckduckgo]" "(https://duckduckgo.com/?q=I+dislike+google) it without a satisfactory " "answer. But as you can see, there are at least two very familiar " "intersections: cultural policies and hacktivism. I dunno how it is in your " "country, but in Mexico we have very strong cultural policies for " "publishing---or at least that is what publishers _think_ and are " "comfortable, not matter that most of the times they go against open access " "and readers. “Hacktivism” is a fuzzy term, but it could be clear if we " "realized that code as property is not the only way we can define it. " "Actually it is very problematic because property isn't a natural right, but " "one that is produced by our societies and protected by our states---yeah, " "individuality isn't the foundation of rights and laws, but a construction of " "the self produced society. So, do I have to mention that property rights " "isn't as fair as we would want?" msgstr "" #: content/md/001_free-publishing.js:37 msgid "" "Between publishing and free software we get “publishing with free software.” " "What does that implies? It is the activity of publishing using software that " "accomplish the famous---infamous?---[four freedoms](https://en.wikipedia.org/" "wiki/The_Free_Software_Definition). For people that use software as a tool, " "this means that, firstly, we aren't force to pay anything in order to use " "software. Secondly, we have access to the code and do whatever we want with " "it. Thirdly---and for me the most important---we can be part of a community, " "instead of be treated as a consumer." msgstr "" #: content/md/001_free-publishing.js:44 msgid "" "It sounds great, isn't it? But we have a little problem: the freedom only " "applies to software. As publisher you can benefit from free software and " "that doesn't mean you have to free your work. Penguin Random House---the " "Google of publishing---one day could decided to use TeX or Pandoc, saving " "tons of money at the same time they keep the monopoly of publishing." msgstr "" #: content/md/001_free-publishing.js:49 msgid "" "Stallman saw that problem with the manuals published by O'Reilly and he " "proposed the GNU Free Documentation License. But by doing so he trickly " "distinguished [different kinds of works](https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/" "copyright-and-globalization.en.html). It is interesting see texts as " "functionality, matter of opinion or aesthetics but in the publishing " "industry nobody cares a fuck about that. The distinctions works great " "between writers and readers, but it doesn't problematize the fact that " "publishers are the ones who decide the path of almost all our text-centered " "culture." msgstr "" #: content/md/001_free-publishing.js:57 msgid "" "In my opinion, that's dangerous at least. So I prefer other tricky " "distinction. Big publishers and their mimetic branch---the so called “indie” " "publishing---only cares about two things: sells and reputation. They want to " "live _well_ and get social recognition from the _good_ books they publish. " "If one day the software communities develop some desktop publishing or " "typesetting easy-to-use and suitable for all their _professional_ needs, we " "would see how “suddenly” publishing industry embraces free software." msgstr "" #: content/md/001_free-publishing.js:64 msgid "" "So, why don't we distinguish published works by their funding and sense of " "community? If what you publishing has public funding---for your knowledge, " "in Mexico practically all publishing has this kind of funding---it would be " "fair to release the files and leave hard copies for sell: we already pay for " "that. This is a very common argument among supporters of open access in " "science, but we can go beyond that. Not matter if the work relies on " "functionality, matter of opinion or aesthetics; if is a science paper, a " "philosophy essay or a novel and it has public funding, we have pay for the " "access, come on!" msgstr "" #: content/md/001_free-publishing.js:72 msgid "" "You can still sell publications and go to Messe Frankfurt, Guadalajara " "International Book Fair or Beijing Book Fair: it is just doing business with " "the _bare minium_ of social and political awareness. Why do you want more " "money from us if we already gave it to you?---and you get almost all the " "profits, leaving the authors with just the satisfaction of seeing her work " "published…" msgstr "" #: content/md/001_free-publishing.js:77 msgid "" "The sense of community goes here. In a world where one of the main problems " "is artificial scarcity---paywalls instead of actual walls---we need to apply " "[copyleft](https://www.gnu.org/licenses/copyleft.en.html) or, even better, " "[copyfarleft](http://telekommunisten.net/the-telekommunist-manifesto/) " "licenses in our published works. They aren't the solution, but they are a " "support to maintain the freedom and the access in publishing." msgstr "" #: content/md/001_free-publishing.js:83 msgid "" "As it goes, we need free tools but also free works. I already have the tools " "but I lack from permission to publish some books that I really like. I don't " "want that happen to you with my work. So we need a publishing ecosystem " "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 " "improve, as a community, the quality and access of the works. Who doesn't " "want that?" msgstr "" #: content/md/001_free-publishing.js:89 msgid "" "With these politics strains, free software tools and publishing as a way of " "living as a publisher, writer and reader, free publishing is a pathway. With " "Programando Libreros and Hacklib we use free software, we invest time in " "activism and we work in publishing: _we do free publishing, what about you?_ " msgstr ""