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| ⚫ | '''Commons-based peer production''' is a term coined by ]'s Law professor ] to describe a new model of economic production in which the creative energy of large numbers of people is coordinated (usually with the aid of the internet) into large, meaningful projects, mostly without traditional hierarchical organization or financial compensation. He compares this to ] (where a centralized decision process decides what has to be done and by whom) and ] (when tagging different prices to different jobs serves as an attractor to anyone interested in doing the job). | ||
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| ⚫ | '''Commons-based peer production''' is a term coined by professor ] to describe a new model of economic production |
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| Another definition, by Aaron Krowne ('']''): commons-based peer production "refers to any coordinated, (chiefly) internet-based effort whereby volunteers contribute project components, and there exists some process to combine them to produce a unified intellectual work. CBPP covers many different types of intellectual output, from software to libraries of quantitative data to human-readable documents (manuals, books, encyclopedias, reviews, blogs, periodicals, and more)." | |||
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| ⚫ | The term was first introduced in Yochai Benkler's seminal paper ]. A more concise explanation, and an application of the model to the production of educational material, can be found in his . | ||
| Examples of products created by means of commons-based peer production include ], a ] ], ], a news and announcements website), ], an online ], and ], a collaborative scientific work. | Examples of products created by means of commons-based peer production include ], a ] ], ], a news and announcements website), ], an online ], and ], a collaborative scientific work. | ||
| The easiness in joining and leaving is a feature of ]. | |||
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| *'' or ] and ]'' a paper by ] defining what is, and how Commons-Based Peer Production works, along with a long study of what motivates contributor. | |||
| * Krowne, Aaron (March 1, 2005). "". '']''. | |||
| * Yochai Benkler: | |||
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Commons-based peer production is a term coined by Yale's Law professor Yochai Benkler to describe a new model of economic production in which the creative energy of large numbers of people is coordinated (usually with the aid of the internet) into large, meaningful projects, mostly without traditional hierarchical organization or financial compensation. He compares this to firm production (where a centralized decision process decides what has to be done and by whom) and market-based production (when tagging different prices to different jobs serves as an attractor to anyone interested in doing the job).
Another definition, by Aaron Krowne (Free Software Magazine): commons-based peer production "refers to any coordinated, (chiefly) internet-based effort whereby volunteers contribute project components, and there exists some process to combine them to produce a unified intellectual work. CBPP covers many different types of intellectual output, from software to libraries of quantitative data to human-readable documents (manuals, books, encyclopedias, reviews, blogs, periodicals, and more)."
The term was first introduced in Yochai Benkler's seminal paper Coase's Penguin. A more concise explanation, and an application of the model to the production of educational material, can be found in his Common Wisdom: Peer Production of Educational Materials.
Examples of products created by means of commons-based peer production include Linux, a computer operating system, Slashdot, a news and announcements website), Misplaced Pages, an online encyclopedia, and Clickworkers, a collaborative scientific work.
The easiness in joining and leaving is a feature of adhocracies.
References
- Coase's Penguin or Linux and The nature of the firm a paper by Yochai Benkler defining what is, and how Commons-Based Peer Production works, along with a long study of what motivates contributor.
- Krowne, Aaron (March 1, 2005). "The FUD based encyclopedia: Dismantling the Fear, Uncertainty and Doubt aimed at Misplaced Pages and other free knowledge sources". Free Software Magazine.
- Yochai Benkler: Common Wisdom: Peer Production of Educational Materials
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