Copylefting Community Radio Stations
By Rute Correia

Community radio has been described by UNESCO “as a medium that gives voice to the voiceless that serves as the mouthpiece of the marginalized and is at the heart of communication and democratic processes within societies”. Community radio stations are therefore seen as important social inclusion structures. At its core, free and open source is about sharing knowledge, enabling participation and action within a community towards a common goal. In this presentation we will use case studies to look into how free and open source software (and culture) can be integrated within community radio stations in terms of content creation, technology operation and community management to provide a sustainable broadcast practice and, thus, ensuring that such social structures remain faithful to their mission of inclusiveness and empowerment through participation.