Commons Network Coalition
This is a temporary page to collect material on Commons-related organizations and resources by participating members of The Commons Network.
Scope of the Project
Commons-related topics include: 1) access to knowledge and common cultural resources via the free and open paradigms; 2) process that are geared towards the broadest possible participation (the paticipatory and peer to peer paradigms); 3) legal and institutional forms which protect common goods from private appropriation.
Proposed Name
Michel Bauwens: "The Commons Network"
Content
Key Organizations
The Foundation for P2P Alternatives [2]
CollabForge.net (Umbrella organisation for MetaCollab & ABRI - site currenlty under construction)
Key Resource Directories
The P2P Encyclopedia, http://www.p2pfoundation.net/index.php/Category:Encyclopedia
Associated P2P Directories: Books [3]; Individuals [4]; Movements [5];
MetaCollab.net collaborative research project on collaboration [6]
Australian Bill of Rights Initiative (ABRI) [7]
Reading Material
Blogs and Newsletters
P2P Foundation blog, http://blog.p2pfoundation.com
P2P Foundation Greek pages
Social Synergy, http://socialsynergy.typepad.com/social_synergy/
Stigmergy: http://stigmergiccollaboration.blogspot.com/
Darren Sharp, http://post-users.com/blog
Discussion fora and mailing lists
MetaCollab mailing list: http://lists.wikicities.com/mailman/listinfo/collaboration-l (low volume)
The Cooperation Commons mailing list:
Document Depositories
The P2P Articles and Documents Repository [8] ;
Audio-visual Material
The P2P Podcasts Directory [9];
The P2P Webcasts Directory [10]
Key Activists and Researchers
Sam Rose-Social Synergy