Ourproject.org explained

OurProject.org
Formation:2002
Type:Non-profit
Purpose:Educational
Headquarters:Madrid, Spain
Region Served:Worldwide
Main Organ:Assembly
Affiliations:Member project of Comunes organization
Website:OurProject.org

OurProject.org (OP) is a web-based collaborative free content repository. It acts as a central location for the construction and maintenance of social/cultural/artistic projects, providing web space and tools, and focusing in free knowledge.[1] [2] It claims to extend the ideas and methodology of free software[3] to social areas and free culture in general.[4] [5] Since September 2009, Ourproject is under the Comunes Association umbrella,[6] and gave birth to the Kune collaborative social network for groups.

Philosophy

Ourproject was founded in 2002 with the aims of hosting and boosting the cooperative work done in multiple domains (cultural, artistic, educational[7]), with one specific condition: the results of the projects should remain freely accessible under a free license.[8] This is understood in a broad way, as not all the available licenses are cataloged as free/libre (such as several Creative Commons licenses).[9] [10]

Its non-profit perspective is partially imposed on its online community of projects, as no advertising is allowed in the hosted webpages. Thus, OurProject projects have mainly been carried out by social movements, university-supported groups,[5] [11] some free software related projects,[12] cooperatives,[13] artist collectives,[14] activist groups,[15] informal groups[16] and non-profits.[17]

Current situation/Condition

As of December 2016, OurProject.org was hosting 1,733 projects and had 5,969 users, with a constant linear growth rate.[18] and had a PageRank of 6[19] and the 14th position on public Gforge sites,[20] being the first of them not restricted to just free software projects. In fact, the GNU Project highlights it as "Free knowledge & free culture" project.[21] It claims to be the most successful wiki farm with full free version and without ads (comparison). It has presence especially in Spain, Latin America and China.[22]

Relevant projects that are using Ourproject infrastructure include:

During 2011, it has attracted interest by the new wave of protesting social movements in several areas:

Software used

OurProject.org uses a multi-language multiple-topic adapted version of FusionForge. Its aim is to widen the spectrum of free software ideals, focusing on free social and cultural projects more than on free software. Thus, its software was originally a kind of social and multiple-topic forge following the free-culture movement. Nowadays, the Ourproject community has been involved in the development of the collaborative environment Kune and eventually this would cover all current Ourproject functionalities.

Licenses allowed

The main condition for hosting projects at OP is that the content created during the project must be released under one of these licenses:

Services

OP provides several free Internet services to free/libre projects collaborators:

Other secondary services:

Partners

Ourproject developed partnership with several organizations:

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Definition and creation of free projects . libreprojects.ourproject.org.
  2. Book: Camino , S. . F. Javier . M. Jiménez Gañán . S. Frutos Cid . Collaborative Development within Open Source Communities. Encyclopedia of Networked and Virtual Organizations. IGI Global, Information Science Reference. 978-1-59904-885-7. 2008.
  3. News: There's Life after Microsoft – Free Software Advocates. 3 February 2011. Inter Press Service News Agency. 24 January 2004.
  4. Web site: The GNU project links Ourproject.org cataloguing it as "Free knowledge & free culture".
  5. Web site: Extrapolando la filosofía del Software Libre a otras áreas del conocimiento. Presentation of ourproject in the World Cultural Forum. 3 February 2011. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20110707012135/http://www.softwarelibre.cl/drupal//?q=node%2F862. 7 July 2011.
  6. Web site: The Comunes Association is the current umbrella organisation for OurProject . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20100316065847/http://comunes.org/en . 2010-03-16 .
  7. Book: Kleinberg, David. Handbook for Language Learning Resources at Winthrop University. 2008. Winthrop University. South Carolina, USA. 2011-02-03. https://web.archive.org/web/20101215135212/http://www2.winthrop.edu/modernlanguages/HANDBOOK%20-%20Language%20Learning%20Resources%20at%20Winthrop%20University.pdf. 2010-12-15. dead.
  8. News: Como crear un Proyecto Libre (How to create a Free/Libre Project). 3 February 2011. Rebelión. 13 September 2004.
  9. 15. 1. Rodríguez Mederos. M.. The dissemination of creations in the digital era: the Copyleft as a means to distribute creations in the digital era. Acimed. 2007.
  10. Book: IOS Press. 9781614990642. Mass Araya. Elizabeth Roxana . Borsetti Gregorio Vidotti. Silvana Aparecida. Ana Alice. Baptista. Peter. Linde. Niklas. Lavesson. Miguel . 3 . Abrunhosa de Brito. Social Shaping of Digital Publishing: Exploring the Interplay Between Culture and Technology. http://www.booksonline.iospress.nl/Content/View.aspx?piid=30613. Creative Commons: a Convergence Model Between the Ideal of Commons and the Possibilities of Creation in Contemporary TimesOpposed to Copyright Impediments. 15 July 2012. 19 August 2012. 3–11.
  11. De Pedro. Xavier. Writing documents collaboratively in Higher education using Traditional vs. Wiki methodology (I). The Fourth Congress of the International University Teaching and Innovation (IV CIDUI).. 2006. 10. etal.
  12. News: Linux, para todos los públicos. 3 February 2011. El País. 12 May 2006.
  13. News: Las 'slow cities' abanderan la utopía del decrecimiento. 3 February 2011. Público. 9 August 2008. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20130520165511/http://www.publico.es/dinero/140988/las-slow-cities-abanderan-la-utopia-del-decrecimiento. 20 May 2013.
  14. News: Jornada de Apoyo al Pueblo Palestino (Madrid). 3 February 2011. Kaos en la Red. 6 November 2008.
  15. News: Reclama las calles contra el desalojo de La Alarma. 3 February 2011. Kaos en la Red. 16 July 2007.
  16. News: Unos 3.000 ciclistas se concentrarán en Madrid entre hoy y el domingo en una nueva edición de 'La criticona'. 3 February 2011. Europa Press news agency. 28 April 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20110720143930/http://www.que.es/madrid/201004280550-unos-3.000-ciclistas-concentraran-madrid.html?anker_1. 20 July 2011. dead.
  17. News: Se abre una nueva cooperativa agroecológica en San Martín de la Vega. 3 February 2011. Rebelion. 29 January 2004. 3 March 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160303233521/http://www.rebelion.org/hemeroteca/otromundo/040129madrid.htm. dead.
  18. News: Ourproject home. 1 December 2016. Ourproject.org. 1 December 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20110226005437/http://ourproject.org/. 26 February 2011. dead.
  19. Web site: Alexa traffic details of Ourproject.org . September 10, 2009 . September 10, 2009 . June 21, 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190621144548/https://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/ourproject.org . dead .
  20. Web site: Sites Using GForge. September 10, 2009. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20090209085842/http://gforgesites.infoether.com/. February 9, 2009.
  21. Web site: The GNU project links Ourproject.org cataloging it as "Free knowledge & free culture".
  22. Web site: Alexa traffic details of Ourproject.org . December 15, 2011 . September 10, 2009 . June 21, 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190621144548/https://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/ourproject.org . dead .
  23. Web site: Spanish bicycle Critical Mass movement. December 15, 2011. December 15, 2011. January 17, 2008. https://web.archive.org/web/20080117055951/http://bicicritica.ourproject.org/. dead.
  24. Web site: World call for the bicycle Critical Mass movement . December 15, 2011.
  25. Giuseppe . Caprarelli . A Plus in Quality of Life . Workshop 3a: Self-Organized European Bike Workshops . 2007 . Rome, Italy .
  26. Web site: Spanish bicycle Critical Mass movement . December 15, 2011.
  27. 32. 3. 1. Machado. H.. A. Suset . GJ Martín . FR Funes-Monzote . From the reductionist approach to the system approach in Cuban agriculture: a necessary change of vision. Pastos y Forrajes. 2009.
  28. 12. 3. 335–358. Fominaya. C.F.. Autonomous Movements and the Institutional Left: Two Approaches in Tension in Madrid's Anti-globalization Network. South European Society & Politics. 2007. 10.1080/13608740701495202. 219696345.
  29. 159. Vivas. E.. El consum agroecològic a l'Estat espanyol: una opció política1. Reflexions Sobre les Alimentacions Contemporànies. 2010.
  30. Web site: Kune Project collaborative platform. December 15, 2011.
  31. Web site: Kune project in Ohloh. 3 February 2011. 14 May 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20120514141205/http://www.ohloh.net/p/kune. dead.
  32. Web site: Solar, Free Software association of Argentina. December 15, 2011.
  33. Saravia. D.. H. Solar. Diccionario conceptual del conocimiento libre.
  34. Web site: Ubuntu-ES community website workgroup. December 15, 2011.
  35. Web site: Work group and mailing lists of the P2P Foundation. December 15, 2011.
  36. Web site: Workgroup for Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions in Beirut, Lebanon. December 15, 2011.
  37. Web site: Work group for a campaign for the Palestinian refugees. December 15, 2011.
  38. Web site: Palestinian Youth Conference . December 15, 2011.
  39. Web site: 'Beirut Streets', pro-Syrian revolution protests in Beirut. December 15, 2011.
  40. Web site: Pro-Syrian revolution news. December 15, 2011.
  41. Web site: Work group of the 15-M Movement camp in Valencia, Spain. December 15, 2011.
  42. Web site: Work group of the 15-M Movement in the Tietar area, Spain. December 15, 2011.
  43. Web site: Work group of the 15-M Movement focused on workers. December 15, 2011.
  44. Web site: Work group of the 15-M Movement in the Sineu area, Spain. December 15, 2011.
  45. Web site: Work group of the 15-M Movement focused on education in the Mallorca area, Spain. December 15, 2011.
  46. Web site:
    1. HowToOccupy, howtos, methods, techniques and knowledge for the Occupy movement
    . December 15, 2011.
  47. Web site: Work group of the Occupy movement focused on communication in the Fredericton area, Canada. December 15, 2011.
  48. Web site: Study group of the North Carolina State University focused on the Occupy movement. December 15, 2011.
  49. Web site: Characteristics of OP wiki. wikiindex.org.
  50. Web site: Grasia Research Group homepage. 3 February 2011. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20120504221922/http://grasia.fdi.ucm.es/main/. 4 May 2012.
  51. Web site: Comunes Acknowledgements. 15 December 2011.
  52. Web site: IEPALA Foundation homepage. 3 February 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20120405110717/http://www.iepala.es/. 5 April 2012. dead.
  53. Web site: Building a collective Data Centre. 15 December 2011.
  54. Web site: Xsto.info free software cooperative homepage. 15 December 2011.

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