Hi Alex, I like essence of the idea, but I can't see directly how to apply it.
When I look at open source licenses (which is what I assume inspired you) they are licenses that people apply to their software and those licenses are free for anyone to use to apply to their software. The OSI's role is to bless the licenses. The best analogy to open source licenses I can see would be to have a member agreements that coworking facilities can use where the member agreements would be "approved" as coworking member agreements. And just like open source licenses there could be many different approved member agreements. But to follow the open source lead all approved member agreements would need to be consistent with a single set of core bedrock principles. And it would be these principles which we would discuss and then agree upon. After that any member agreements that wanted the "coworking" seal of approval would need to be submitted and reviewed before approving. Now, that said, I'm not necessarily advocating the above nor do I even know if it would be possible for it to be workable. But it is the analogy I see. What I do see as a possible start, assuming you and others agree, could be to identify those principles when can be objectively evaluated/measured to which we all agree. If approved member agreements follow from there, great. Or if something else follows from there, great too. Of course what those principles are I'd prefer you to start... -Mike On Mar 1, 2010, at 1:40 AM, Alex Hillman wrote: > As you are envisioning it, what exactly would be licensed, and who would be > licensing it? > > Not sure. > > It was an idea, not a literal translation of licensing models. My suggestion > is that we might look there for cues, not directly port anything that > necessarily exists. Learn from what has worked well, and what hasn't. Someone > already pointed out that I might have chosen the wrong CC license on the > coworking.com homepage, but didn't suggest or explain an alternative so I > haven't changed it yet. > > The idea isn't fully baked, just a new ingredient I wanted to mix in. > > /ah > indyhall.org > coworking in philadelphia > > > On Mon, Mar 1, 2010 at 1:35 AM, Mike Schinkel <mikeschin...@newclarity.net> > wrote: > On Mar 1, 2010, at 1:24 AM, Alex Hillman wrote: >> I'd like to offer the idea that's more lightweight than the organizations >> that have been proposed. The thing we've really been talking about is >> ironing out the expectations associated with coworking, and largely, tying >> them back to core values somehow. The problems with organizations are many, >> and something I'm not interested in debating here. What I'm curious, >> legitimately curious because I don't have enough knowledge to back up >> successful or failed models, is the idea of using something like a license >> to unify us and set expectations. >> >> Not like a drivers license, but like a software license. One that encourages >> sharing, reciprocity, building market value, and ultimately, more knowledge >> capital along with the word "coworking" and its associated ideas. >> >> The downsides to this, of course, are that software licenses themselves have >> a bit of a holy war background to them, and that they're complicated to >> understand. Such is legal. > > As you are envisioning it, what exactly would be licensed, and who would be > licensing it? > > -Mike Schinkel > Ignition Alley Atlanta Coworking > http://ignitionalley.com > > > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Coworking" group. > To post to this group, send email to cowork...@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > coworking+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/coworking?hl=en. > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Coworking" group. > To post to this group, send email to cowork...@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > coworking+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/coworking?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Coworking" group. To post to this group, send email to cowork...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to coworking+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/coworking?hl=en.
