Práticas de cooperação e ética da partilha na intersecção de dois mundos sociais: militantes do software livre e grupos comunitários no Quebeque

Serge Proulx*

Stéphane Couture*

Os autores propõem alguns elementos de definição da cultura do software livre. Seguidamente, exploram as intersecções entre dois mundos sociais: o mundo dos militantes do software livre e o dos activistas dos meios associativos no Quebeque. Analisam as diferenças e as convergências entre as práticas de inovação técnica dos primeiros e as práticas de inovação social destes últimos. Os autores formulam a hipótese de que estes entrecruzamentos de práticas suscitam a emergência de novos modelos de inovação social e técnica que se aproximam do que certos analistas sociais designam como processos de inovações ascendentes.

Palavras-chave: Software livre, Inovação técnica

Pratiques de coopération et éthique du partage à l’intersection de deux mondes sociaux: militants du logiciel libre et groupes communautaires au Québec

Les auteurs proposent quelques éléments de définition de la «culture du libre», puis ils explorent les intersections entre deux mondes sociaux: le monde des militants du logiciel libre et celui des activistes des milieux associatifs au Québec. Ils analysent les différences et les convergences entre pratiques d’innovation technique des militants du libre et pratiques d’innovation sociale des artisans des milieux associatifs. Les auteurs formulent l’hypothèse que ces enchevêtrements de pratiques suscitent l’émergence de nouveaux modèles d’innovation sociale et technique se rapprochant de ce que certains analystes sociaux désignent comme processus d’innovations ascendantes.

Co-operative practices and the ethics of sharing at the crossroads of two social worlds: advocates of free software and community groups in Quebec

The authors suggest elements for a definition of the culture of free software. They go on to look at the points where two social worlds intersect: the world of advocates of free software and activists in the co-operative movement in Quebec. They analyse points of divergence and convergence between the former’s innovative practices in the technological field and the latter’s innovative practices in the social field. They put forward the hypothesis that these cross-fertilizations of practices produce new models of social and technological innovation which come close to what some social scientists call ascendant innovation processes.

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* Laboratoire de communication médiatisée par ordinateur (LabCMO), École des Médias, Universidade do Quebeque, Montreal.