Comments on: The Struggle to Govern the Commons http://enthusiasm.cozy.org/archives/2006/05/the-struggle-to-govern-the-commons Ben Hyde Sun, 07 Sep 2008 01:24:53 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: James http://enthusiasm.cozy.org/archives/2006/05/the-struggle-to-govern-the-commons#comment-21080 James Thu, 30 Nov 2006 23:53:56 +0000 http://enthusiasm.cozy.org/archives/2006/05/the-struggle-to-govern-the-commons/#comment-21080 Well, there's a perfectly good reason that that paragraph does not fit with Open Source. The text that you quoted is basically a response to a different text that deals with real world resource distribution starting with a commonly shared limited supply. There is no such thing as open source when you're dealing with a limited supply of natural resources, and this article was dealing ONLY with natural resources. Note that the intro references Hardin's "The Tragedy Of The Commons," which was also discussing the problem of natural resources and population. So really, if you found a match between that paragraph and Open Source (philosophy) then I would find it quite interesting. As it is it sounds like the authors purpose came across quite nicely. Well, there’s a perfectly good reason that that paragraph does not fit with Open Source. The text that you quoted is basically a response to a different text that deals with real world resource distribution starting with a commonly shared limited supply.

There is no such thing as open source when you’re dealing with a limited supply of natural resources, and this article was dealing ONLY with natural resources. Note that the intro references Hardin’s “The Tragedy Of The Commons,” which was also discussing the problem of natural resources and population.

So really, if you found a match between that paragraph and Open Source (philosophy) then I would find it quite interesting.

As it is it sounds like the authors purpose came across quite nicely.

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