Written by Andrew Rens on May 25th, 2010
Which open licence to use is an important issue to commons based peer production communities.
The member of communities can become, lets say passionate about which licence is appropriate. Thats understandable because peer producers are passionate about sharing, and want to find the best way for that community to share.
So how can communities agree on what open licence is appropriate. p2pu has decided to share the community process we went through to choose an open licence, not because we think everyone has to do it that way but because by sharing our story we hope to help and inspire others. You can read about the full process or a blogpost.
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Tags: Attribution Only, CC BY, CC BY SA, commons based peer production, Creative Commons, open license, p2pu, Share-Alike
Written by Andrew Rens on April 26th, 2010
Today is designated “Intellectual Property Day” although its not clear who did the designating or what they hoped to achieve by the exercise.
It seems that a worthwhile use of the day then is to reflect on the conventional narratives which justify “intellectual property”. When I first encountered ip it was presented as a rather arcane technical subject, of interest only to specialist practitioners. What littel justification was advanced is more or less the same set of justifications advanced today, but too often there is an arguement by assumption, that it is a foregone conclusion that intellectual property is a good thing, and that the more “ip” the better. This is often couched in terms of pragmatism, with a claim that it is value free. John Maynard Keynes had the measure of such claims.
“The ideas of economists and political philosophers, both when they are right and when they are wrong, are more powerful than is commonly understood. Indeed the world is ruled by little else. Practical men, who believe themselves to be quite exempt from any intellectual influence, are usually the slaves of some defunct economist.”
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Tags: copyright, intellectual property, Intellectual Property Day, patent, trademakr
