[p2p-research] Am I missing any commons?

[Michel Bauwens]

Ryan, see the file I created:
http://p2pfoundation.net/P2P_Commons_Boundary_Conditions

On Thu, Feb 25, 2010 at 10:05 PM, Ryan Lanham <rlanham1963 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi Michel:
>
> A commons is not a corporation because a corporation has a defined purpose
> other than useful sharing.  A commons may be organized as a corporation
> legally but a corporation cannot become a commons unless its purpose is
> free, open sharing with minimal purposes beyond those ends.
>
> A commons is not a co-op because it is perfectly reasonable for a co-op to
> attempt to maximize the intrinsic value of its assets.  A commons would not
> do this as a stated goal.  Still, a co-op could be structured to be a
> commons or to have many commons-like features.  The similarities are perhaps
> greatest here.
>
> A commons is not a state because it does not create its own mechanisms for
> policing and enforcement beyond rudimentary social guides and constraints.
> It also does not hold "public" property.
>
> A commons is not a commune because individual property rights are not
> inconsistent with the commons.  A person may use, for example, a creative
> commons license and still participate in the commons.
>
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