[Snowdrift-discuss] Clearer slogan?

2016-09-19 Thread Aaron Wolf
"Free the Commons" is a nice, short, relevant slogan. It's a call-to-action. But freeing in what sense? What commons? What are "the commons"? And technically, "commons" are rivalrous shared resources, not actually the public goods which are technically what we're working with. I just was chatting

Re: [Snowdrift-discuss] Clearer slogan?

2016-09-19 Thread Michael Siepmann
On 09/19/2016 01:57 PM, Aaron Wolf wrote: > "Free the Commons" is a nice, short, relevant slogan. It's a call-to-action. > > But freeing in what sense? What commons? What are "the commons"? And > technically, "commons" are rivalrous shared resources, not actually the > public goods which are techni

Re: [Snowdrift-discuss] Clearer slogan?

2016-09-19 Thread Aaron Wolf
On 09/19/2016 04:37 PM, Michael Siepmann wrote: > On 09/19/2016 01:57 PM, Aaron Wolf wrote: >> "Free the Commons" is a nice, short, relevant slogan. It's a call-to-action. >> >> But freeing in what sense? What commons? What are "the commons"? And >> technically, "commons" are rivalrous shared resou

Re: [Snowdrift-discuss] Clearer slogan?

2016-09-19 Thread David Thomas
What about dropping "fund"? "Crowdmatching for public goods" On Mon, Sep 19, 2016 at 5:00 PM, Aaron Wolf wrote: > On 09/19/2016 04:37 PM, Michael Siepmann wrote: >> On 09/19/2016 01:57 PM, Aaron Wolf wrote: >>> "Free the Commons" is a nice, short, relevant slogan. It's a call-to-action. >>> >>>

Re: [Snowdrift-discuss] Clearer slogan?

2016-09-19 Thread William Hale
On Mon, 19 Sep 2016 17:25:47 -0700 David Thomas wrote: > On Mon, Sep 19, 2016 at 5:00 PM, Aaron Wolf > wrote: > > On 09/19/2016 04:37 PM, Michael Siepmann wrote: > >> On 09/19/2016 01:57 PM, Aaron Wolf wrote: > >>> "Free the Commons" is a nice, short, relevant slogan. It's a > >>> call-to-act

Re: [Snowdrift-discuss] Clearer slogan?

2016-09-19 Thread Michael Siepmann
On 09/19/2016 06:45 PM, William Hale wrote: > On Mon, 19 Sep 2016 17:25:47 -0700 > David Thomas wrote: >> On Mon, Sep 19, 2016 at 5:00 PM, Aaron Wolf >> wrote: >>> On 09/19/2016 04:37 PM, Michael Siepmann wrote: On 09/19/2016 01:57 PM, Aaron Wolf wrote: > "Free the Commons" is a nice

Re: [Snowdrift-discuss] Clearer slogan?

2016-09-19 Thread Aaron Wolf
On 09/19/2016 06:47 PM, Michael Siepmann wrote: > On 09/19/2016 06:45 PM, William Hale wrote: >> On Mon, 19 Sep 2016 17:25:47 -0700 >> David Thomas wrote: >>> On Mon, Sep 19, 2016 at 5:00 PM, Aaron Wolf >>> wrote: On 09/19/2016 04:37 PM, Michael Siepmann wrote: > On 09/19/2016 01:57 PM

Re: [Snowdrift-discuss] Clearer slogan?

2016-09-19 Thread Mike Linksvayer
> So, I'd accept "crowdmatching for public goods" I really like "crowdmatching for public goods". I suspect that if I read that without context, I'd take funding as implied, and be surprised if the thing with that slogan didn't involve funding. > although I *slightly* > worry that wording could

Re: [Snowdrift-discuss] Clearer slogan?

2016-09-19 Thread Aaron Wolf
On 09/19/2016 08:41 PM, Mike Linksvayer wrote: >> So, I'd accept "crowdmatching for public goods" > > I really like "crowdmatching for public goods". I suspect that if I read that > without context, I'd take funding as implied, and be surprised if the thing > with that slogan didn't involve fund