-------- Forwarded Message -------- > From: Jon Phillips <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: [email protected] <[email protected]> > Subject: Desktopcon.org Presentation Abstract for LGM2 + Create > Project > Date: Sat, 29 Apr 2006 16:11:44 -0700 > > Hey all, I'm including here a copy of my abstract for desktopcon 2006. > Please make any changes to the proposal and/or abstract by editing the > wiki page here: > http://rejon.org/wiki/index.php/Desktopcon_2006 > > If there are any bugs in the proposal please let me know, as they are > due on MAY 1. If that is accepted then I will next submit this full > abstract. I kind of jumped the gun on developing the full paper, but I > had the pieces laying around already ;) > > Thanks! > > Jon > > Here is a copy of the longish abstract: > > > LGM2005 Overview and the Create Project: Ambiently Sharing Creativity > > This presentation begins with an overview of the extremely successful > Libre Graphics Meeting 2005 (LGM2005), organized by Dave Neary (the > Gimp). This conference brought developers of Free and Open Source > graphics software like the Gimp, Inkscape, Scribus, Open Clip Art > Library and Xara LX together to present and intermingle in order to > catalyze development. This first part of the presentation discusses the > successes of the conference and plans for next year (2007) in Montreal > with a hope to incite further participation. In support of the next > Libre Graphics Meeting in Montreal, the communications and planning are > happening on the Create Project's communication channels. > > Both LGM and the Create Project are interested in the following > problematic: Creative Free and Open Source projects such as Blender, > Gimp, Inkscape, Scribus, Audacity, Open Clip Art Library and others are > highly successful projects which produce much media — video, > audio, illustrations, photos, and other content. However, much code, > media, and infrastructure are produced by each project somewhat > independently which could be shared. For example, several of the > aforementioned applications have their own brush types, color > preferences, preferred media storage locations, keyboard shortcuts and > file format converters. Sharing these resources saves a developer time, > increases productivity, and contributes to an overall improved user > experience. Because of this overlap and the similarity of creative > media, there is need to work together on standards, promotions, and > inter-community plans. > > This second part of the presentation is about the Create Project > (http://create.freedesktop.org) whose goal is to develop and consolidate > shared resources amongst the various Free and Open Source creative > software applications while building relationships between these > communities. This part outlines the rationale for the project, its > current state, who is participating, and future plans. > > Already Create is bearing fruit such as the Shared Resources > Specification, a swatches file format, and an Open Color standard. The > Shared Resources Specification consolidates brushes, gradients, color > swatches, patterns, and clip art into standard locations on different > operating systems for simple packaging and implementation by > applications. Already, Scribus, Krita, and Inkscape support this spec > with Open Clip Art Library, Gimp and others planning on supporting it in > upcoming versions. > > The Create Project also builds relationships through "ambient sharing." > This is typified by combining developers’ blogs from the different > development communities into a planet-type [2] blog aggregation, > available at Create’s project space at Freedesktop.org [3]. 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 which > do not rely upon forced meetings, ultimatums, and explicit timetables > that decrease the fun in development. Rather, the emphasis on ambient > sharing is about providing a service for sharing, lowering social > barriers for participation, and making collaboration casual. > > [1] This list is not exhaustive but used as an example of the type of > project that is considered a Creative Software. See > http://www.blender.org, http://www.gimp.org, http://www.inkscape.org, > http://www.scribus.net, and http://audacity.sourceforge.net, and > http://www.openclipart.org. > > [2] See http://www.planetplanet.org/ > > [3] See http://create.freedesktop.org/ > > > -- Jon Phillips
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