[p2p-research] Am I missing any commons?

[Ryan Lanham]

Thanks, Sepp.

Ryan

On Thu, Feb 25, 2010 at 11:38 AM, Sepp Hasslberger <sepp at lastrega.com>wrote:

>  Michel, Ryan,
>
> I did some minor editing of the conditions proposed by Ryan, and I feel
> that there should be an introduction to the page that defines what a commons
> is and what the special case of a P2P commons is.
>
> I have formulated such an introductory definition but left it on the
> discussion page for now...
>
> Sepp
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> On 25/feb/10, at 16:13, Michel Bauwens wrote:
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> 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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