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Discussion_

.. _Discussion: /Talk

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========
Overview
========

This is the international introduction into the most important Oekonux
thoughts.

If you would like to go through the introduction step by step you may
find it useful to follow this path:

* "Oekonux" - what does that mean?

  * `The Project`_

    .. _The Project: /SlideProject

* "Free Software" - what does that mean?

  * `Characteristics of Free Software`_

    .. _Characteristics of Free Software: /SlideFreeSoftwareCharacteristics

  * `Keyword: Free Software Licences`_

    .. _`Keyword: Free Software Licences`: /SlideKeywordFreeSoftwareLicenses

  * `Mode of production of Free Software`_

    .. _Mode of production of Free Software: /SlideFreeSoftwareModeOfProduction

  * `Keyword: Selbstentfaltung`_

    .. _`Keyword: Selbstentfaltung`: /SlideKeywordSelbstentfaltung

  * `Simply and Doubly Free Software`_

    .. _Simply and Doubly Free Software: /SlideFreeSoftwareDoublyFree

  * `Free Software and commercial influences`_

    .. _Free Software and commercial influences: /SlideFreeSoftwareCommerce

  * `Perspectives of Free Software`_

    .. _Perspectives of Free Software: /SlideFreeSoftwarePerspectives

* Special features of Free Software

  * `Free Software is not a simple hobby`_

    .. _Free Software is not a simple hobby: /SlideGermFormNoHobby

  * `Free Software is not a commodity`_

    .. _Free Software is not a commodity: /SlideGermFormNoCommodity

  * `Free Software is not a gift`_

    .. _Free Software is not a gift: /SlideGermFormNoGift

  * `Keyword: Scarcity`_

    .. _`Keyword: Scarcity`: /SlideKeywordScarcity

  * `Keyword: Rivalness`_

    .. _`Keyword: Rivalness`: /SlideKeywordRivalness

  * `Keyword: Excludability`_

    .. _`Keyword: Excludability`: /SlideKeywordExcludability

  * `Cooperation in Free Projects`_

    .. _Cooperation in Free Projects: /SlideGermFormCooperation

  * `Keyword: Maintainer model`_

    .. _`Keyword: Maintainer model`: /SlideKeywordMaintainerModel

  * `Free Software = Selbstentfaltung + digital copy`_

    .. _Free Software = Selbstentfaltung + digital copy: /SlideGermFormDigitalCopy

  * `Keyword: Internet`_

    .. _`Keyword: Internet`: /SlideKeywordInternet

  * `Free in the sense of Free Software`_

    .. _Free in the sense of Free Software: /SlideGermFormFree

  * `Keyword: Germ form`_

    .. _`Keyword: Germ form`: /SlideKeywordGermForm

  * `Keyword: Five-step`_

    .. _`Keyword: Five-step`: /SlideKeywordFiveStep

  * `Criticism: Germ form thesis`_

    .. _`Criticism: Germ form thesis`: /SlideCriticismGermFrom

* Germ forms and other models and ideas

  * `Dam building vs. ship building`_

    .. _Dam building vs. ship building: /SlideOtherDamShip

* The way to the GPL Society

  * `The utopia`_

    .. _The utopia: /SlideGPLSocietyUtopia

  * `Free information goods`_

    .. _Free information goods: /SlideGPLSocietyInformationGoods

  * `Keyword: Creative Commons`_

    .. _`Keyword: Creative Commons`: /SlideKeywordCreativeCommons

  * `Free material goods`_

    .. _Free material goods: /SlideGPLSocietyMaterialGoods

  * `Keyword: Fabber / Rapid Prototyping`_

    .. _`Keyword: Fabber / Rapid Prototyping`: /SlideKeywordFabber

  * `Other successful Free Projects: Wikipedia`_

    .. _`Other successful Free Projects: Wikipedia`: /SlideGPLSocietyWikipedia

  * `Other successful Free Projects: Open Access`_

    .. _`Other successful Free Projects: Open Access`: /SlideGPLSocietyOpenAccess

  * `Keyword: Automation`_

    .. _`Keyword: Automation`: /SlideKeywordAutomation

  * `Keyword: Need`_

    .. _`Keyword: Need`: /SlideKeywordNeed

  * `Criticism: GPL society`_

    .. _`Criticism: GPL society`: /SlideCriticismGPLSociety

* Perspectives

  * `The utopian toilet`_

    .. _The utopian toilet: /SlidePerspectivesUtopianToilet

  * `Possible actions`_

    .. _Possible actions: /SlidePerspectivesActions

If you prefer reading the content of all the slides on a single page
please check the Complete_ page.

=========
Structure
=========

The introduction is based on a number of short slides just like a
presentation. This allows for quick reading of the important points.
These slide pages are in English and they are the leading pages in the
sense that these pages are the most up to date.

Below each such slide there can be a couple of sub pages.

* _`Talk`

  A talk sub page is for general comments about the content presented
  on their parent page.

  Since this introduction is meant to be an international introduction
  to Oekonux on talk pages comments in any language are welcome. If
  you are lucky there is even someone who translates your comment to
  English so the maximum number of people can read it and base their
  own thoughts on it which might end up in another contribution.

* _`Explanation`

  Their may be an explanation sub page which explains the points made
  in a more verbose manner and in a complete text. It may also contain
  references to Oekonux debates or other Oekonux material about the
  topic at hand.

* _`Translation`

  For each slide page there may be any number of sub pages with
  translations of the content of the slide.

============================
Guidelines for contributions
============================

If you want to contribute to these pages there are a couple of ways:

* Verbose explanations and references

  If you feel like adding a more verbose explanation of what is
  written on the slide feel free to add an Explanation_ page. If you
  find a thread on one of the mailing lists which relates to the topic
  of the slide then it would be nice to add it to the list of
  references.

* Translations

  If you speak a language other than English you might want to
  contribute a translation_ of the slide page. Please create a new sub
  page of the slide page named after the capitalized 2-letter ISO
  abbreviation for this language (e.g. ``De`` for German or ``It`` for
  Italian).

  If you are reading a translation and the respective English page
  seems more recent than the translation feel free to update the
  translation.

* Missing pages

  If you think there is a topic in the Oekonux debate which should be
  covered by this introduction feel free to add it to the Missing_
  page.

* General comments

  If you have other comments to the whole introduction feel free to
  add them to the Discussion_ page.

* Comments on a certain slide

  If you would like to comment a slide please use the Talk_ page. Feel
  free to use any language you want for this.

  Please refrain from changing the slide directly.

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