From P2P Foundation

A collection of projects and pages loosely grouped into the Thing Commons.

Contents 1 Introduction 2 Key Concepts 2.1 Physical P2P Production 2.2 New Distributed Infrastructures 3 Key Resources

Introduction

In this use the Thing Commons is a category that is defined as:

• open access tools, systems and supporting technologies
• distributed solutions to manufacturing and production
• small scale
• do it yourself
• replicable
• social technologies - things are better when shared, and when you don't have to start from scratch

You'll find things in this category that are:

• Systems to help people collaborate and communicate
• Tools to help design, build, and share
• People and organizations that are participating in some part of the chain
• Documents that outline possibilities, steps to be taken, and comments on how all this fits together

The Forward Foundation coined the term 'Thing Commons' and this category frees it for our use to bring together an ecology of solutions, questions and opportunities to light a path to the future of P2P production, design, and re-use.

To start your investigations:

• the Typology of Common Goods by Stefan Meretz.
• the Internet of Things
• the delicious tag on [1]

Key Concepts

Physical P2P Production Desktop Manufacturing' Multiple-Purpose Production Technology Open Design Open Hardware Design Open Peer to Peer Design Personal Fabricators Rapid Manufacturing Rapid Prototyping Rapid Tooling

New Distributed Infrastructures Circulation of the Common Cooperative Capitalism Credit Commons, Social Lending Customer-Controlled Networks Customer-Build Network Infrastructure Peer to Peer Exchanges LETS Mutual Credit, P2P Lending Open Money

Key Resources

Updates on the Internet of Things via the delicious tag P2P Objects