Common Resource
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Common Resources in a P2P Network
This article will draw on a number of other resources in order to derive a clear and precise understanding of a "Common Resource in a P2P Network."
Our goal is to understand what the key ingredients for a Common Resource are, and to understand not only how this definition is used within a P2P Network but also to begin pointing at edge cases, Resources that are Not Commons Resources, or identifying additional cases where we are looking at what could be a Common Resource, but that we do not have a P2P Network.
Our study is built on the back of the idea of the P2P Network. In addition, we are speaking of a Commons Based P2P Network in some cases, or at least we will continue to draw on this idea as we explore Common Resources.
We'll draw on several concepts from Peer Production, Peer Governance, and Peer Property, the P2P Trifecta, in order to be sure that we are looking at our definition of Common Resources from several directions and perspectives.
Our goal is not to produce a permanent decision on the subject, but to explore the concept sufficiently without burdening it beyond usability. People do use common resources, they exist, and they are created and multiplied every day. Here we are going to look at how the P2P Network context influences and steadies our definition of common resources, and how particular facets of P2P Theory aid us in discovering our way towards a more common, better understood position.
Under Construction
This article is under construction.
Attributes associated with a Common Resource
In this brief section we will collect a general list of attributes of resources that can be found or ascribed to a Common Resource. These attributes are not present in all resources, and some may argue that one or another attribute may prohibit a resource from being considered as a common resource; such attributes are collected here as part of the range of expression of attributes. This is primarily a list of attributes that are related to how a resource is or isn't able to be used as a common resource when the attribute is or isn't present.
Intrinsic Attributes of a Common Resource
Resource Types
- Natural
- Produced
Constitution
- Non-Material
- Material
Extrinsic Attributes of a Common Resource
Legal Form
- Private Property
- Collective/Communal Property
- Free Good
Usage
- Exclusive Rival
- Exclusive Non-Rival
- Inclusive Rival
- Inclusive Non-Rival
Social Form
- Commodity
- Subsistence
- Commons
Trust Relationships within P2P Networks and Common Resources
"Trust relationships within P2P Networks can facilitate the development of Common Resources. Trust relationships allow peers to make agreement with other. Through the use of P2P Protocol the formation of agreements can become easier and easier so that the fluidity of a trust relationship with peers in the network takes on a regular and reliable format. Through trust relationships peers can choose to aggregate value within the network. This value might be a resource that is then entrusted to other peers. In other cases peers could pool currency together to access a resource, or to gain control of a resource. Trust relationships define a network, and the volume and quality of transactions has an influence on the ability of the network to maintain a relationship with the common resource, as well as enabling peer access to the resource." (see P2P Network Trust Relationships)
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