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Gabriel Walt |
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[glob2-devel] [fun spam] free beer |
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Fri, 27 May 2005 18:33:17 +0200 |
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lol, nothing to do with glob2 - just some fun ;)
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May 27, 2005
Fermenting Openness
Lampooning the Free Software doxa, "Free as in speech, not as in beer," the
Danish inteventionists Superflex have tested the distinction, and the
refreshing aftertaste is that the two terms are far from mutually exclusive.
Their Superbeer is produced and distributed in line with the Open Source
principles of making the recipe available and realizable by all, like some
works of Conceptual Art. But as we know, a commodity being free doesn't mean
it can't be sold. What it does mean is that it cannot be enclosed in the
thicket of proprietary regulations that ruin it for everybody else. Superflex
are known for superimposing the methods and cultures of other disciplines
(engineering, urbanism, development) onto an art/activist context. The
symbolic provocation of Superbeer is welcome, and we look forward to seeing
it on the Supermarket shelves. - Marina Vishmidt
http://www.superflex.net/index.shtml
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