Inverse commons

Inverse commons

In the inverse commons, the opposite results of the law of the commons effect are witnessed. That is, individuals contributing knowledge and content for the good of the community rather than extracting resources for their own personal gain. Examples of this are free and open source software and Wikipedia. This phenomenon is linked to "viral" effects and increases in prominence as individuals contribute altruistically and for social gain.

The phenomenon is also known as "comedy of the commons"[1] and "the cornucopia of the commons."[2]

It is one of four outcomes:

Property rights Common ownership or lack of property rights
Bad outcome/tragedy Tragedy of the anticommons Tragedy of the commons
Good outcome/cornucopia/comedy*
(*in the sense of "drama with a happy ending")		 normal case Inverse commons

The prevalent outcome depends on the details of the situation.

See also

Notes

  1. ^ The Comedy of the Commons: Commerce, Custom, and Inherently Public Property
  2. ^ Dan Bricklin. "The Cornucopia of the Commons: How to get volunteer labor". http://bricklin.com/cornucopia.htm. 

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