Lecture

Free and open-source software is becoming increasingly important for artists and designers, not only because of the popularity of free licenses and web technologies. The Networked Media Master's program at the Piet Zwart Institute in Rotterdam has relied entirely on free and open-source software for several years now, both on servers and PCs.

levelHead uses a hand-held solid-plastic cube as its only interface. On-screen, it appears each face of the cube contains a little room, each of which is logically connected by doors.
In one of these rooms is a character. By tilting the cube, the player directs this character from room to room in an effort to find the exit.

The remix is the cultural form of the network society. Felix Stalder sketches some of the technological, political, legal, and cultural dynamics that shape the rise and the current development of the remix. The conflicts produced by this development highlight the depth of the current social change and the central role of artists and creative producers.

The remix is the cultural form of the network society. Felix Stalder sketches some of the technological, political, legal, and cultural dynamics that shape the rise and the current development of the remix. The conflicts produced by this development highlight the depth of the current social change and the central role of artists and creative producers.

This is a hands-on session on different licenses (Gnu General Public License, GPL, Create Commons etc). If participants have questions along their own projects this is a possibility to work that out.

This panel aims to start a discussion on Free, Libre, and Open Source Software (FLOSS) from the point of view of labour.

How much open source software is used in design education?
A report about the situation at the design bachelor's and master's studies at FH JOANNEUM GRAZ.

What is LiWoLi? LinuxWochen Linz is an event held in conjunction with Linuxwochen Austria.

During the break the Infoladen Treibsand will serve good food at fair prices.

Are you addicted to or at least fascinated by maps, in print or online? I am, but for a long time I never thought it possible to create my own map. But since the dramatic growth of the OpenStreetMap (OSM) project and the associated software tools, this opened up a whole world of possibilities. There is already some variety of different general and thematic maps available on the web, and some of these will be shortly introduced here. Then, several techniques, data sources and software tools useful for creation of similar maps are presented.