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Coops and collectives are in theory nice, but if they are proprietary, they do not contribute to the open source economy. They are not [[Distributive Enterprises]].
Coops and collectives are in theory nice, but if they are proprietary, they do not contribute to the open source economy. They are not [[Distributive Enterprises]].
Coops and collectives provide economic incentive, whereas open source enterprises provide less cearly-visible, but effectively larger, value generation as incentives.

Revision as of 17:30, 28 February 2019

http://p2pfoundation.net/Peer_Production_License

A Fake Open Source license, not consistent with OSHWA or OSI definition.

Essentially, PPL is a proprietary consortium in disguise, where the proprietors are the members of a cooperative or collective.

Coops and collectives are in theory nice, but if they are proprietary, they do not contribute to the open source economy. They are not Distributive Enterprises.

Coops and collectives provide economic incentive, whereas open source enterprises provide less cearly-visible, but effectively larger, value generation as incentives.