[glob2-devel] [fun spam] free beer

[Gabriel Walt]

lol, nothing to do with glob2 - just some fun ;)

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May 27, 2005 
Fermenting Openness 


Lampooning the Free Software doxa, "Free as in speech, not as in beer," the 
Danish inteventionists Superflex have tested the distinction, and the 
refreshing aftertaste is that the two terms are far from mutually exclusive. 
Their Superbeer is produced and distributed in line with the Open Source 
principles of making the recipe available and realizable by all, like some 
works of Conceptual Art. But as we know, a commodity being free doesn't mean 
it can't be sold. What it does mean is that it cannot be enclosed in the 
thicket of proprietary regulations that ruin it for everybody else. Superflex 
are known for superimposing the methods and cultures of other disciplines 
(engineering, urbanism, development) onto an art/activist context. The 
symbolic provocation of Superbeer is welcome, and we look forward to seeing 
it on the Supermarket shelves. - Marina Vishmidt 


http://www.superflex.net/index.shtml