On Tuesday 13 October 2009, Praveen A wrote: Thanks for a very interesting piece of info.
> Hi, > > It is very exciting to see Nobel prize for economics given to Elinor > Ostrom for her work on economics governance of the commons. There is > an article in creative commons site which I would like to share here > and learn what everyone thinks about it. > > http://creativecommons.org/weblog/entry/18426 > > She wrote about knowledge commons specifically in addition to common > access to physical resources. > > Her book is titled > "Understanding Knowledge as a Commons > From Theory to Practice" > > http://mitpress.mit.edu/catalog/item/default.asp?ttype=2&tid=11012 > > "Knowledge in digital form offers unprecedented access to information > through the Internet but at the same time is subject to ever-greater > restrictions through intellectual property legislation, overpatenting, > licensing, overpricing, and lack of preservation. Looking at knowledge > as a commons—as a shared resource—allows us to understand both its > limitless possibilities and what threatens it. In Understanding > Knowledge as a Commons, experts from a range of disciplines discuss > the knowledge commons in the digital era—how to conceptualize it, > protect it, and build it." > > -Praveen -- Rgds JTD _______________________________________________ network mailing list [email protected] http://lists.fosscom.in/listinfo.cgi/network-fosscom.in
