On Mar 1, 2010, at 1:24 AM, Alex Hillman wrote: > I'd like to offer the idea that's more lightweight than the organizations > that have been proposed. The thing we've really been talking about is ironing > out the expectations associated with coworking, and largely, tying them back > to core values somehow. The problems with organizations are many, and > something I'm not interested in debating here. What I'm curious, legitimately > curious because I don't have enough knowledge to back up successful or failed > models, is the idea of using something like a license to unify us and set > expectations. > > Not like a drivers license, but like a software license. One that encourages > sharing, reciprocity, building market value, and ultimately, more knowledge > capital along with the word "coworking" and its associated ideas. > > The downsides to this, of course, are that software licenses themselves have > a bit of a holy war background to them, and that they're complicated to > understand. Such is legal.
As you are envisioning it, what exactly would be licensed, and who would be licensing it? -Mike Schinkel Ignition Alley Atlanta Coworking http://ignitionalley.com -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Coworking" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/coworking?hl=en.
