[CREATE] Abstract for a paper on the ideas of Create

[Jon Phillips]

On Wed, 2005-08-17 at 00:47 -0700, Jon Phillips wrote:
> Yes, I know this is probably premature, but I busted it out in order to
> think about some ideas of this project:

I've updated the writing already: http://rejon.org/?p=141
FYI...comments/edits appreciated!

Jon

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> The Create Project: Sharing Creativity
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> Currently, projects like Blender, Gimp, Inkscape, Scribus, Audacity,
> Open Clip Art Library and others are highly successful projects which
> produce much video, audio, illustrations, photos, and other media.
> However, there is much code, media, and infrastructure produced by each
> project which could be shared thus saving developer time, increasing
> project productivity, and improving the user experience. Because these
> projects share similar concerns and types of output, there is a need to
> work together on standards, promotions, and plans.
> 
> This presentation is about the Create Project and how it catalyzes
> communication and sharing between Free and Open Source “creative
> software” communities by providing a third-party space. This talk
> outlines the the rationale for this project, its current state, who is
> participating, and future plans.
> 
> Particular emphasis is placed upon the strategy of improving
> communication through ambient sharing. This is typified by combining
> developers' blogs from the different creative application development
> communities into a planet-type blog aggregation available at
> http://create.freedesktop.org/. Whereas in the commercial world,
> affiliations and alliances are brokered through contracts and funding,
> in Free and Open Source Software, alternate approaches for encouraging
> collaboration and sharing are necessary.
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> Please comment and change what is above...Embedded in this writing are a
> possible primary goal, some thoughts about scale, etc.
> 
> Jon
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> 
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