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Open-source political campaigns, open-source politics, or Politics 2.0, is the idea that social networking and e-participation technologies will revolutionize our ability to follow, support, and influence political campaigns. Netroots evangelists and web consultants predict a wave of popular democracy as fundraisers meet on MySpace, YouTubers crank out attack ads, bloggers do opposition research, and cell-phone-activated flash mobs hold miniconventions in Second Life. Typically these terms describe short-term limited-life efforts to achieve a specific goal. Origins of the term[edit] In print, open-source politics was first used by political operatives in the lead-up to the 2004 United States elections. Similar terms[edit] A similar term, "open-source governance," refers to overhauling or replacing existing government institutions in order to allow direct citizen input into the government. Objections to and usage of the term[edit] Impact of open-source politics, optimists[edit]
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Did you know that you can assemble your own wiki pages from Wikipedia and print them out in book form? You can, for a while now, thanks to a partnership between Wikimedia Foundation and a German startup called PediaPress. Last week, the wiki-to-print feature was activated for six more languages besides German but as of yesterday the functionality is also being tested on the regular English Wikipedia (restricted to logged-on users only for now). You can check it out here, but you might want to visit the help pages first. The books can be created with a table of contents or category lists and can be downloaded as free PDF files but also ordered as a printed book from PediaPress. As indicated by the Foundation, the roll-out for English Wikipedia users will be gradual out of fear for scalability issues, so it’s currently still in test mode. You can find a sample book on the fascinating subject of ‘Amphibious Aircrafts’ here (PDF). (Image from Wikipedia, hat tip goes to Ross Masters)
Collaborative intelligence
Collaborative intelligence characterizes multi-agent, distributed systems where each agent, human or machine, is uniquely positioned, with autonomy to contribute to a problem-solving network. Collaborative autonomy of organisms in their ecosystems makes evolution possible. Natural ecosystems, where each organism's unique signature is derived from its genetics, circumstances, behavior and position in its ecosystem, offer principles for design of next generation social networks to support collaborative intelligence, crowd-sourcing individual expertise, preferences, and unique contributions in a problem-solving process.[1] Overview[edit] Collaborative intelligence is a term used in several disciplines. In business it describes heterogeneous networks of people interacting to produce intelligent outcomes. History[edit] In the late 1980s, Eshel Ben-Jacob began to study bacterial self-organization, believing that bacteria hold the key to understanding larger biological systems. Application[edit]
PediaPress Company Profile
PediaPress is a web to print online service that lets you create customized paperback books from wiki content. The books feature a table of contents, a detailed index and a list of figures, generated automatically, from the wiki syntax. They are available with color customized covers. The PediaPress.com web-to-print service works on all MediaWiki installations that have installed the Collection Extension. Apart from providing the PediaPress online service, PediaPress GmbH is a software development company which creates open source software that advances the reuse of wiki content in alternative applications and media. PediaPress has formed a long-term partnership with the Wikimedia Foundation which hosts the encyclopedia Wikipedia and various other free educational wikis. Recent Milestones Videos Screenshots
Open-source software
Open-source software (OSS) is computer software with its source code made available and licensed with a license in which the copyright holder provides the rights to study, change and distribute the software to anyone and for any purpose.[1] Open-source software is very often developed in a public, collaborative manner. Open-source software is the most prominent example of open-source development and often compared to (technically defined) user-generated content or (legally defined) open-content movements.[2] A report by the Standish Group (from 2008) states that adoption of open-source software models has resulted in savings of about $60 billion per year to consumers.[3][4] Definitions[edit] The Open Source Initiative's (OSI) definition is recognized[who?] OSI uses The Open Source Definition to determine whether it considers a software license open source. Proliferation of the term[edit] Open software licensing[edit] Certifications[edit] Open-source software development[edit] Early releases
PediaPress Offers Customized Books with Wikipedia Articles
If would like to collect your favourite Wikipedia articles and store them for future reference in a printed form like a book, PediaPress lets you do just that. Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia that anyone can edit, has a huge collection of articles about every topic possible. Advertisements PediaPress is a service that enables you to compile and order a book with contents you pick from Wikipedia articles. Search and add Wikipedia articles you want in your personal book. How can they use Wikipedia content like this?
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Open source governance
Open-source governance is a political philosophy which advocates the application of the philosophies of the open source and open content movements to democratic principles in order to enable any interested citizen to add to the creation of policy, as with a wiki document. Legislation is democratically opened to the general citizenry, employing their collective wisdom to benefit the decision-making process and improve democracy.[1] Theories on how to constrain, limit or enable this participation vary however as much as any other political philosophy or ideology. Accordingly there is no one dominant theory of how to go about authoring legislation with this approach. Applications of the principles[edit] In practice, several applications have evolved and been used by actual democratic institutions in the developed world:[3] Common and simultaneous policy[edit] These goals for instance were cited often during the Green Party of Canada's experiments with open political platform development.
