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In: [[Understanding Knowledge as a Commons]]
In: [[Understanding Knowledge as a Commons]]


== Excerpt ==
== Introductory Passage ==


An excerpt from the introduction:  
An excerpt from the introduction:  
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"First, open access to information is a horse of a much different color than open access to land or water. In the latter case, open access can mean a free-for-all, as in Hardin’s grazing lands, leading to overconsumption and depletion. With distributed knowledge and information the resource is usually nonrivalrous…. In this instance, instead of having negative effects, open access of information provides a universal public good: the more quality information, the greater the public good."
"First, open access to information is a horse of a much different color than open access to land or water. In the latter case, open access can mean a free-for-all, as in Hardin’s grazing lands, leading to overconsumption and depletion. With distributed knowledge and information the resource is usually nonrivalrous…. In this instance, instead of having negative effects, open access of information provides a universal public good: the more quality information, the greater the public good."
== Excerpts ==
== Commentary ==


== More Information ==
== More Information ==
 
* [[Elinor Ostrom]]
* Elinor Ostrom and Charlotte Hess, A [[Framework for Analyzing the Knowledge Commons]]
* [[Understanding Knowledge as a Commons]] – the book which for which this is an introduction
(Their contribution, as opposed to their introduction, to the 2006 MIT book above.)
* Elinor Ostrom and Charlotte Hess, A [[Framework for Analyzing the Knowledge Commons]] – Chapter 3 of that book


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Latest revision as of 13:14, 24 February 2021

Book Chapter: Charlotte Hess and Elinor Ostrom, Introduction: An Overview of the Knowledge Commons

In: Understanding Knowledge as a Commons

Introductory Passage

An excerpt from the introduction:


"First, open access to information is a horse of a much different color than open access to land or water. In the latter case, open access can mean a free-for-all, as in Hardin’s grazing lands, leading to overconsumption and depletion. With distributed knowledge and information the resource is usually nonrivalrous…. In this instance, instead of having negative effects, open access of information provides a universal public good: the more quality information, the greater the public good."

Excerpts

Commentary

More Information