Res Divini Juris Licence

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Proposed by David M. Berry and Giles Moss

URL = http://firstmonday.org/htbin/cgiwrap/bin/ojs/index.php/fm/article/viewArticle/1403/1321


Introduction

David M. Berry and Giles Moss:

"the Res Divini Juris commons is one that lies beyond a notion of human ‘ownership’. Instead, due to its sacredness, there should be no attempt to commodify or privatize. We can think here of the sanctity of human life, the human genome or the great knowledge and literature passed onto us from previous thinkers. Of course, we are aware that Res Divini Juris might insinuate a theological justification for this position, however although inspired from Roman Law definitions of theological artifacts, we would like to link the concept to a radical democratic definition of positive community rights. That is, that at root is a humanist notion of a shared human capacity for love, such that although we might exploit what we own, we will defend what we love. Through a constant politicization, we would hope that this ‘licence’ would never become ‘fixed’, instead it is always open to political contestation and debate. Indeed that is the very terms of its definition and through constitutive action it remains a strictly political space." (http://firstmonday.org/htbin/cgiwrap/bin/ojs/index.php/fm/article/viewArticle/1403/1321)


Text

"Res Divini Juris Licence

The Res Divini Juris license is intended to raise awareness of the condition of possibility for sacred spaces, and equally highlights the importance of contestation and debate where matters of public importance (i.e. the common things) are discussed as a political project. What is endangered under advanced capitalism is a source of resistance. Treating everything as resources makes possible endless disaggregation, redistribution, and re–aggregation for its own sake.


This can be seen as a period of de–industrialisation and growth in the communicational and semiotic as generators of surplus value.

1. By using this license you are agreeing to allow your work to be shared as a step on the path of revealing. Within the realm of the gods, the work will contribute to a shared new world of collective practices and networks of singularities operating within a non–instrumental and communal life.

2. All work that is so inscribed should bear the text ‘(L) <year> Libre Commons Res Divini Juris License’.

3. This license operates under a permanent state of exception. It is a result of radical democratic practices beyond the state.

4. Users of the license are committed to political action and social struggle." (http://firstmonday.org/htbin/cgiwrap/bin/ojs/index.php/fm/article/viewArticle/1403/1321)