The
workshop's emphasis is on developing free and open computer hardware
design and free
software for a broad spectrum of applications, while considering
the impact of such technology on the human and global environment.
Computer
fluency - "arts" - is becoming a primary portal for academic and intellectual
freedom. Free and open hardware design and free software, readily available,
are necessary for the development of computer mastery and to maintain
a high level of academic and intellectual freedom. The objectives of
this workshop are to brainstorm new paradigms and constructs for free
and open standards for hardware, operating systems, software applications
and content.
This
charter workshop will discuss open content with regard to issues of
Virtual Cultural Heritage. The Aizu region of Japan is a historically
rich area. In view of this fact and the very nature of cultural heritage
in the global community, it seems a fitting topic for DALI. The workshop
will continue the discussion of the GNU++/GGPL
concepts and review the open hardware GNUbook
computer progress. It is our hope that the workshop will generate a
wish list of needs for nonproprietary, low-cost, free and open hardware
and software standards and will help guide the implementation of cluster
computing. The workshop will provide an opportunity to update, exchange
and compare the most recent work in the different approaches in free
and open hardware design and free software efforts.
