Freie Netze. Freies Wissen : Ein Beitrag zum Kulturhauptstadtjahr Linz 2009

Free networks. It has never been easier to connect people and remix their (digital) works. Free networks help to use and expand these potentials by the inclusion of all people. Free knowledge. Access to digital networks does not automatically mean access to knowledge. Free access to knowledge, however, is the fundament of innovation and emancipation. New digital possibilities in this area often go hand in hand with new barriers. In this book, seventeen authors depict the diverse areas of application of Free Networks and Free Knowledge. Each of the nine chapters also includes interviews with experts or pioneers in the field such as Richard Stallman or Lawrence Lessig. At the end of the chapters the authors suggest concrete projects as a contribution to the year 2009, when Linz - the home town of the authors - is going be the European capital of culture