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CFP: Journal for the Ethics of Free / Libre/ Open Source Computing

Published by J. Hymers October 11th, 2006 in Events, Philosophy Calls for Papers
December 31, 2006

Free Software or Proprietary Software? The Ethics of Intellectual Property and Freedom

Theme: Open source, free software, ethics, intellectual property

Last date for paper submission: Sun, 31 Dec 2006

Organizer: John Hymers

Link: Ethics of Open Source Software

To compliment our special issue on patents and intellectual property (EP 13 (2006) 2), Ethical Perspectives is planning a special issue (EP 14 (2007) 2) on the ethics of free / libre / open source software (FLOSS). Discussions of Richard Stallman’s work on free software are particularly welcome. We wish to give researchers in this field the chance to publish original and important contributions to such questions as:

* What are the ethical implications of proprietary software?
* Is free software strictly a deontological approach?
* What effect do FLOSS applications have on developing nations, and on development work in general?
* Does creativity require traditional market rewards?
* What ethical questions arise in case studies of free software?

Technical discussions are invited in the expectation that they be framed within the framework of applied ethics, and specifically, within the framework of freedom, broadly construed.

Deadline: December 31, 2006

Please email papers, preferably in OpenDocument format (ODT), to ethical@oce.kuleuven.be. Any questions or comments are also welcome at that address.

Please see our “Information for Authors,” available from a link on the CFP Web site (also available on the back inside page of any issue of Ethical Perspectives).

Ethical Perspectives is an international, peer-reviewed academic journal based at K.U.Leuven (Louvain), Belgium. Its primary goal is the promotion of dialogue between fundamental and applied ethics through interdisciplinary collaboration among ethicists and specialists from diverse disciplines. Please visit our Web site: http://www.ethical-perspectives.be/.

2006-10-11

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