Commons Network

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 Cooperation Commons [1]

The Foundation for P2P Alternatives [2]

MetaCollab.net [3]

Key Resource Directories

The P2P Encyclopedia, http://www.p2pfoundation.net/index.php/Category:Encyclopedia

Associated P2P Directories: Books [4]; Individuals [5]; Movements [6];

Reading Material

Blogs and Newsletters

P2P Foundation blog, http://blog.p2pfoundation.com

Social Synergy, http://socialsynergy.typepad.com/social_synergy/

Stigmergy: http://stigmergiccollaboration.blogspot.com/

Darren Sharp, http://post-users.com/blog

Audio-visual Material

The P2P Podcasts Directory [7];

The P2P Webcasts Directory [8]