Open Cooperatives
History
Josef Davies-Coates has developed a concept of open cooperatives which focuses on open and transparent non-hierarchical distributed governance and ownership. See: Open Co-ops: Inspiration, Legal Structures and Tools
Michel Bauwens developed a concept of open cooperatives that stresses the co-production of open commons. See: Why We Need a New Kind of Open Cooperativism for the P2P Age
Characteristics
Criteria as Proposed by Michel Bauwens
Criteria as Proposed by Josef Davies-Coates
"Co-ops that combine best practices from the international co-operative movement with best practices from the open source software and hardware communities are now possible. Soon anyone will be able to set up an Open Co-op and invite all their stakeholders to help finance, govern and organise the co-op online." (http://stirtoaction.com/open-co-ops-inspiration-legal-structures-and-tools/)
More Information
- in-depth rationale: From the Communism of Capital to a Capital for the Commons