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"Project-Id-Version: 001_free-publishing 1.0\n"
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"Report-Msgid-Bugs-To: Nika Zhenya <nika.zhenya@cliteratu.re>\n"
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"POT-Creation-Date: 2019-03-20 13:30-0600\n"
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"Last-Translator: Nika Zhenya <nika.zhenya@cliteratu.re>\n"
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#: content/md/001_free-publishing.js:1
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msgid "# From publishing with free software to free publishing"
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msgstr ""
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#: content/md/001_free-publishing.js:2
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msgid ""
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"This blog is about “free publishing” but, what does that means? The term "
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"“free” it isn't only problematic in English. May be more than in others "
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"languages because of the confusion between “free as in beer” and “free as in "
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"speech.” But by itself the concept of freedom is so ambiguous than even in "
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"Philosophy we are very careful in its use. Even though it is a problem, I "
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"like that the term doesn't have a clear definition---at the end, how free "
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"could we be if freedom is well defined?"
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msgstr ""
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#: content/md/001_free-publishing.js:9
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msgid ""
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"Some years ago, when I started to work hand-in-hand with Programando "
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"Libreros and Hacklib I realized that we weren't just doing publishing with "
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"free 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-"
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"commons/) but it doesn't convince me anymore."
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msgstr ""
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#: content/md/001_free-publishing.js:14
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msgid ""
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"The term was floating around until December, 2018. At Contracorriente---"
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"yearly fanzine fair celebrated in Xalapa, Mexico---Hacklib and me were "
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"invited to give a talk about publishing and free software. Between all of us "
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"we made a poster of everything we talked that day."
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msgstr ""
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#: content/md/001_free-publishing.js:18
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msgid ""
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"![Poster made at Contracorriente, nice, isn't it?](../../../img/p001_i001."
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"jpg)"
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msgstr ""
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#: content/md/001_free-publishing.js:19
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msgid ""
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"The poster was very helpful because in a simple Venn diagram we were able to "
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"distinguish several intersections of activities that involves our work. Here "
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"you have it more readable:"
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msgstr ""
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#: content/md/001_free-publishing.js:22
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msgid ""
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"![Venn diagram of publishing, free software and politics](../../../img/"
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"p001_i002.png)"
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msgstr ""
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#: content/md/001_free-publishing.js:23
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msgid ""
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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 [duckduckgo]"
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"(https://duckduckgo.com/?q=I+dislike+google) it without a satisfactory "
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"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 "
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"comfortable, not matter that most of the times they go against open access "
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"and readers. “Hacktivism” is a fuzzy term, but it could be clear if we "
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"realized that code as property is not the only way we can define it. "
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"Actually it is very problematic because property isn't a natural right, but "
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"one that is produced by our societies and protected by our states---yeah, "
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"individuality isn't the foundation of rights and laws, but a construction of "
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"the self produced society. So, do I have to mention that property rights "
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"isn't as fair as we would want?"
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msgstr ""
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#: content/md/001_free-publishing.js:37
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msgid ""
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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/"
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"wiki/The_Free_Software_Definition). For people that use software as a tool, "
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"this means that, firstly, we aren't force to pay anything in order to use "
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"software. Secondly, we have access to the code and do whatever we want with "
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"it. Thirdly---and for me the most important---we can be part of a community, "
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"instead of be treated as a consumer."
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msgstr ""
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#: content/md/001_free-publishing.js:44
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msgid ""
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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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msgstr ""
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#: content/md/001_free-publishing.js:49
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msgid ""
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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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msgstr ""
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#: content/md/001_free-publishing.js:57
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msgid ""
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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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#: content/md/001_free-publishing.js:64
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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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msgstr ""
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#: content/md/001_free-publishing.js:72
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msgid ""
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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/001_free-publishing.js:77
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msgid ""
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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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#: content/md/001_free-publishing.js:83
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msgid ""
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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 "
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"where we have access to all files of a particular edition---our source code "
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"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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#: content/md/001_free-publishing.js:89
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msgid ""
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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. With "
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"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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msgstr ""
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