The Foundation aims to develop a knowledge base concerning three related social movements: [1] those in favour of participation, i.e. the P2P movement proper. It refers to peer to peer as the relational dynamic at work in distributed networks and the largest possible equipotential participation; [2] those in favour of the open paradigm (open access, open sources, open ‘everything’). This refers to the conditions needed to make participation a reality: open access to knowledge in all its forms; [3] the Commons movement, in particular the creation of a Digital Commonwealth. This refers to the institutional format that is being created by P2P processes: universal common property regimes. Our aim is to find more interconnection between the different aspects of this ‘three-legged stool’. The foundation wants first of all to create a knowledge base for this: through our newsletter, our blog, the various directories available at the P2P Foundation website. After some time, we would like to favour the creation of communities around these knowledge bases, not just online, but physically as well.
Posted by
Peter Suber at 1/07/2006 02:28:00 PM.
The open access movement:
Putting peer-reviewed scientific and scholarly literature
on the internet. Making it available free of charge and
free of most copyright and licensing restrictions.
Removing the barriers to serious research.
