[p2p-research] Am I missing any commons?

[Ryan Lanham]

Michel,

Thanks.  Feel free (you or Sepp) to edit and make as communal as you like.
I am particularly interested in rebuttals.  Patrick and Kevin usually can
get my goat, in particular.

Ryan

On Thu, Feb 25, 2010 at 9:44 AM, Michel Bauwens <michelsub2004 at gmail.com>wrote:

> Dear Ryan,
>
> I find your principles eminently sensible and at first sight, it seems I
> would agree with all of them
>
> I'm publishing this on the regular blog on march 6, but I'm wondering if
> Sepp could not introduce this proposal on Ning as well?
>
> see already:
> http://blog.p2pfoundation.net/when-is-a-commons-not-a-true-commons-boundary-conditions/2010/03/06
>
> On Thu, Feb 25, 2010 at 9:25 PM, Ryan Lanham <rlanham1963 at gmail.com>wrote:
>
>>  On Thu, Feb 25, 2010 at 4:14 AM, Michel Bauwens <michelsub2004 at gmail.com
>> > wrote:
>>
>>> I think that there should definitely a set of conditions for a strong and
>>> real commons; and an expanded version for a weaker version, but both should
>>> have clear boundary conditions.
>>>
>>> In my view, it should be clearly restricted to common property, and not
>>> public property like libraries.
>>>
>>>
>> I think the key boundaries are as follows:
>>
>> 1. A P2P Commons attempt to maximize free, voluntary and open sharing of
>> assets that are engaged in the commons.
>> 2. Assets placed in the commons are irrevocably there and cannot be
>> removed for personal gains. Ongoing participation in a commons implies
>> shared responsibility for its sustaining expenses.  When a commons cannot be
>> sustained, it is dissolved so as to maximize reuse and sharing of its prior
>> assets without cost or selfish limitations.
>>
>> 3. P2P (though not necessarily a commons) emphasizes reduced hierarchical
>> control and greater autonomy of the individual. The role of parties, states,
>> churches, co-ops, corporations, shareholding owners and other collective
>> action bodies is intentionally minimized in any form of governance of the
>> commons.
>>
>> Secondary boundaries (many may reject these in individual terms and still
>> claim status as a P2P commons):
>>
>> a. Commons work to avoid free riding by encouraging valid and useful
>> contributions to the commons as a sustainable process.
>> b. P2P commons work to minimize governance interventions.
>> c. Commons work to provide useful and valuable tools, assets and services
>> to participants.
>> d. Commons reject inputs and uses that are applied for gains that are not
>> sustainable or that adversely impact the environment.
>> e. Commons apply open, fair and recognizably democratic means to govern
>> themselves.
>> f. Commons are not owned by a state.  They are created out of voluntary
>> participation mechanisms where users and participants continually and freely
>> choose to participate and the right to exit from participation and support
>> clearly exists.
>> g. Commons are not a part of or party to any form of capitalism,
>> communism, anarchism or socialism as a political ideal and may be compatible
>> with any form of government that allows voluntary and free participation in
>> protected sharing schemes that are self-governing within reasonably
>> constraints (e.g. valid safety or environmental regulations).
>> h. P2P commons reject the idea of a single controller, a controller or
>> governor for life, or any mode of control or ownership of the commons that
>> positions one person or one group as a vanguard, protector, trustee or
>> governor acting beyond reasonable terms of a few years and freely chosen by
>> participating members.  Organizers and social entrepreneurs who start
>> commons with benign intent and who have imbued a commons with their own
>> personal will have greater latitude under this criterion so long as their
>> actions are reasonably consistent with the long-term goals and boundaries of
>> commons.
>> i. Commons are perpetual and may not be privatized.
>> j. Commons work toward ideals of general public good even if the public
>> good is at odds with most members of the commons.
>>
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