Sunday, September 7, 2014

Michel Bauwens — 10 Open Source Policies for a Commons-Based Society

Michel Bauwens is the founder of the P2P Foundation and former advisor to the goverment of Ecuador for a project to “remake the roots of Ecuador’s economy, setting off a transition into a society of free and open knowledge.” With a team of researchers and through a partipatory process involving local civic actors and global commoners, the FLOK project produced a generic transition plan to a commons society with more than 15 specific policy and legislative plans.
Mira Luna culled from Bauwens his top recommendations of government policies to encourage open source development and the commons. While government policy usually sides with proprietary knowledge in the public sector, there is a huge opportunity to use goverments as a ally, supporter and guardian of the commons. To learn more and get involved, check out the P2P Foundation, OpenSource.com, Open Mind and the Open Source Initiative.…
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10 Open Source Policies for a Commons-Based SocietyMichel Bauwens

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