Understanding Commons and Peer Production
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Understanding Commonsand Peer Production
OKCon 2011Berlin, June, 30th & July, 1st
Stefan Meretz, Berlin
oekonux.orgkeimform.de
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Video on the Commons
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=otmrkhEFSZM
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The Notion of Commons – in Six Steps
Commons are common goods
However, what are common goods?● Public goods?● Goods belonging to all people, thus to nobody?
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Notion of Commons – Two
Commons are common goodsmaintained by a community
Peter Linebaugh: „There is no commons without commoning“● But is it only about maintenance?● What about newly developed goods?
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Notion of Commons – Three
Commons are common goodsdeveloped and maintained
by a community
What about resources?● Where do they come from?● What can resources be?
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Notion of Commons – Four
Commons are common goodsdeveloped and maintained
by a community usingnatural or produced resources
What about usage?● Who can use resources and goods?● All people?
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Notion of Commons – Five
Commons are common goodsdeveloped and maintained
by a community usingnatural or produced resources,which are available for users
Who defines to be a „user“?● What are the conditions?● How is it decided?
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Notion of Commons – Six
Commons are common goodsdeveloped and maintained
by a community usingnatural or produced resources,which are available for users
under commonly agreed rules
This is a useful definition...... which, however, do not answer all questions
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commongoods
The Commons Triangle
community rules
resources
naturalgoods
products
Commons
commoning
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Constitution
material goods● have a physical shape● can be used up or
crushed out● perform their purpose only by their physical
constitutionnon-material goods● are decoupled from a specific physical shape● services:
– coincidence of production and consumption● preservable non-material goods:
– need a physical carrier
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Resources
natural resources● already existing and raw resources● seldom found in uninfluenced environments
produced resources● created material or non-material preconditions for
further use in the– production of goods– production/preservation of resources
● examples: raw material, knowledge
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Social Form
Commodity● privately produced
good for exchange/selling● preconditions are scarcity and exclusion
Subsistence● produced good for personal use or benefit of
personally known others (family, friends etc.)● no exchange, but giving, taking, circulation
Commons● Produced/maintained goods for general others● no exchange, but usage upon agreed rules
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Legal Form
Private Property● exclusive control● independent of
constitution and possession
Collective Property● collectively owned private property● stock corporation, nationally-owned enterprise, house
owner community, cooperative etc.
Free Goods (res nullius, terra nullius, no man‘s land)● socially unregulated goods under free access● tragedy of commons is tragedy of no man‘s land
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Legacy of Codex Justitianus
res nullius
res privatae
res publicae
res communes
open to all
owner
government
community
unregulated
market
state
peer to peer
Realm Access Regulation
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Usage
Excludability● exclusive: access
is prevented (→commodity)● inclusive: open access for all (→Wikipedia)
Rivalry● rival: use restrictions for other people (→apple)● non-rival: no restrictions for others (→E=mc²)
Economics: relevant characteristic of goods!But: ● Exclusion is result of an activity (→Social Form) ● Rivalry results from constitution and can be dealt with
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Characteristics of Peer Production (1)
Peer Production is based on contributions, not on exchange:● peer-projects have a common goal● participants contribute to this goal● utility, not making money motivates participants● effort sharing is the mode of production
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Characteristics of Peer Production (2)
Peer Production is based on free cooperation, not on coercion and command:● nobody can compel others to do something● nobody is forced to obey others● structures base on maintainers or admins who
can decide, for example, which contributions to accept and which to refuse
● structures can be changed or: if the project can not be convinced, it can be forked
● cooperation among equals make them to “peers”
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Characteristics of Peer Production (3)
Peer Production is based on possession, not on property:● resources are privately or collectively owned● resources are used and shared for the sake of the
project („share what you can“)● resources and products generally matter as
something that can be used (possession), not as something that can be sold (property)
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Commons Beyond State and Market
„What one can observe in the world, ... is that neither the state nor the market is uniformly successful in enabling individuals to sustain longterm, productive use of natural resource systems. Further, communities of individuals have relied on institutions resembling neither the state nor the market to govern some resource systems with reasonable degrees of success over long periods of time“
Elinor Ostrom (1990), Governing the Commons, p.1(German title, re-translated: The Constitution of the Commons – Beyond State and Market)
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Openness
„Open-ness, in short, is more than a commercial and cultural issue. It’s a survival issue. Systemic challenges such as climate change, or resource depletion—so-called ‘wicked problems’—cannot be solved using the same techniques that caused them in the first place. Open research, open governance, and open design are a precondition for the continuous, collaborative, social mode of enquiry and action that are needed.“
John Thackara in: Open Design Now – Why Design Cannot Remain Exclusive
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More about commons and peer production:www.keimform.de/category/english
Finally...
Thank you :-)
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