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 One of the [[t:terms]] used on this wiki.
-====== term: commons ======
+====== term: commons and commoning ======
+==== Commons ====
   * The P2P Foundation offers [[https://wiki.p2pfoundation.net/Commons|an extensive article]] on the definition, meaning and etymology of the term "commons".
   * Wikipedia on [[wp>commons]] has a more restricted view.
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 My own synthesis, mostly in line with what has been published by [[wp>David Bollier]] and [[wp>Silke Helfrich]] is that a commons implies
   * a shared, valued or valuable resource (of any kind, material or immaterial)
-  * a community of people (commoners) who collectively own, use, govern or steward that resource
+  * a community of people (commoners) who collectively use or work with that resource, and who also either own, or govern, or steward that resource
   * structures, conventions, rules etc. agreed within the community by which the members of the community govern or steward the resource
+They were and are at pains to point out that there are no commons without commoning.
 [[wp>Elinor Ostrom]] set out the principles that appear to be key to effective material commons.
   * [[https://patternsofcommoning.org/uncategorized/eight-design-principles-for-successful-commons/|here they are set out concisely]] on the “Patterns of Commoning” site.
+==== Commoning ====
+**Commoning** is then the process and/or practice of setting up and curating, governing or stewarding that resource. There is a risk that talking about commons, without explicitly including commoning, passes over the vital aspect of how the commons are set up and run. This view casts some doubt on whether "[[wp>creative commons]]" is referring to a commons in this sense. I would say, not.
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