Samenvatting

Even though all art and cultural activism inspired by free and open source software practices, can be quickly placed under the umbrella of free culture, the goal of this research is to demonstrate that art and culture, connected to the ideas of free and open source software, has been affected in ways that were both unforeseen and different from what they were believed to do. By looking at how free and open source ideas have been effectively applied across different groups and contexts, and how these application overlap or differ, the question I ask is, in which practical and theoretical ways has free and open source software licensing provided a model of transformation for art and cultural production?