Open Source tools and the Arts: challenges, and opportunities

This session is facilitated by Chris Coleman

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About this session

Attendees will share/discuss creative tools they are excited by, creative tools that they are worried about, communities around tools, and how to think about leadership amongst the contributors to these tools.

Goals of this session

Sharing ideas about what is and is not working in open source communities connected to the arts. Questioning roles that attendees might be taking on as contributors to the tools they use. Pinpoint ways that open source tools for creativity might need different approaches in community building and leadership than other open source projects.

Outline for the Session

  • Introductions
    • Introduction to the Session
    • Introduction to COSA
    • Introductions from Participants
  • Brainstorming Creative Open Source Tools
    • Add to Health Gradient
    • Discuss placements
  • Brainstorm about “Health”
    • What do you want to see from a healthy OS Tool?
    • What makes you worried about the health of a tool?
  • Share things that we do for the tools we use.
  • Share what makes OS tools for the Arts different from other OS projects
    • Opportunities
    • Challenges
  • Share something you would do to help (given more time/funding)