[ox-en] Re: value and common good, was: Re(2): [ox-en] extrinsic motivation = coercion

Patrick Anderson writes:
>This difference is the basis of the Free Software (or any 'Open'
>design work for that matter: such as CAD drawings, movies, music,
>etc.) 'bounty' business models that connect the potential Users to the
>potential Workers *before* work is done so the Users can 'commit' or
>'promise' or 'contract' to pay for labor that has not yet been
>accomplished.

That is the subscription model that works very reluctantly, and actually
works better if its not a contract but simply a clear and grounded
expectation.

(see the report about Twilight labs at the oxconference versus Marcins
1000true fans model).


And even in this point it would not touch the common - good nature of the
product.

Actually what I want to see is to motivation of corporate entities to "buy
free"  intellectual property like they do with rainforests. Would be an
interesting campaign for oekonux-p2pf

Franz

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