Extending Libre Software Beyond the IT Sphere
I am excited about this theme because:
It assumes that libre software is more than a software development methodology (This is not always common).
By focusing on the non-technological, it implies that the social structures and the framework for non-technical interactions within libre software communitqies are, in and of themselves, useful.
...but what is it about libre software that is applicable outside of IT?
A set of values?
...ethics?
...political ideologies?
What we can learn from libre software is not that a particular set of ethics, values, or politics is necessary to a practice but that certain social structures and practices encourage the cultivation and growth of productive ethics, values, and politics.