Re: [ox-en] A name for a peer-production-based society?

Hi raoul, Hi list,

On Tue, Nov 10, 2009 at 03:49:53PM +0100, raoulv-fBIn7JHAfCbUKx/[email protected] a écrit :
..........
> RV: 
> 
> 
> Peer production is a nice
> term and we were right to adopt it. However I think it has two small
> weaknesses:
> 
> - the meaning of the term
> is hardly understandable for people not used to the reality of "peer"
> relations and the term "production" doesn't say much by
> itself; fortunately the understanding of "peer" will
> inevitably develop as the "peer" practices expand.
> 
> - it is not always easy to
> translate. For example, in the French Wikipedia it is translated by
> "travail collaboratif", that is "collaborative work".
> Collaborative is really vague and work is wrong since producing for
> pleasure is not work. When I write in French I
> prefer to use the English term itself.
>

Personnally, in French, I use "Production entre pairs", that is
"Production realized between equal/similar (at the same level) people".

However, I agree : "peer" is not easily understandable.

	Lucien


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