Comments on: Do open access commons exist? https://blog.p2pfoundation.net/do-open-access-commons-exist/2011/01/18 Researching, documenting and promoting peer to peer practices Tue, 18 Jan 2011 23:35:33 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.5.15 By: Semuanya https://blog.p2pfoundation.net/do-open-access-commons-exist/2011/01/18/comment-page-1#comment-464092 Tue, 18 Jan 2011 23:35:33 +0000 http://blog.p2pfoundation.net/?p=13068#comment-464092 By the same reasoning free software doesn’t exist. Let’s have a go:

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There is no such thing as an ‘open access commons‘.

There is no such thing as ‘free software’.

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What is open access with regard to the commons then? It is a rule, not a given. It is nothing inherent to the resource itself, but a social convention.

What is freedom with regard to code then? It is a rule, not a given. It is nothing inherent to the resource itself, but a social convention.

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But the term „open access commons“ is misleading. A commons is a commons – being it based on natural or cultural resources. Open access adresses ONLY the regulation of to a certain commons

But the term „free software“ is misleading. Code is code. Freedom addresses ONLY the regulation of to a certain piece of code.

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