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==Convivial Tools==
 
==Convivial Tools==
 
<font size="3">For pages about Convivial Tools, see '''[[:Category:Convivial Tools]]'''.</font>
 
<font size="3">For pages about Convivial Tools, see '''[[:Category:Convivial Tools]]'''.</font>
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[[Convivial Tools]] are tools which allow the user to operate with independent efficiency. The term was coined by [[Ivan Illich]] in his book [[Tools for Conviviality]] (1973).
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Illich's philosophy of Convivial Tools notably influenced [[Lee Felsenstein]], one of the hardware hackers who invented the personal computer. Felsenstein appreciated in particular Illich's vision of tools that would be maintained and developed by a community of users. This vision of a tool development community has been embodied in several more recent movements, such as the [[Free and Open Source Software]] (FOSS), [[Open Design]] and [[Wiki]] mouvements.
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For encyclopedia-type articles about Convivial Tools, see the companion website the [http://conviviality.ouvaton.org Convivial Tools Encyclopedia].
  
 
==Wikis==
 
==Wikis==

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