I'm intrigued by the idea that someone can opt-in to the core values of coworking, in a way that if they didn't embody those core values it wouldn't make sense for them to use the license.
So, for instance, say we had a Coworking Badge that anyone could download and use, and right on that image it says something like "We subscribe to the core values of Community, Openness, Collaboration, Accessibility, Sustainability," and it links back to coworking.com. That way, it would be difficult for someone to co-opt the term without misrepresenting themselves. If an exec suite wants to do coworking and would like to offer something that legitimately embodies those above values, then wonderful. Self-enforcement. On Mar 1, 2010 2:46 AM, "Mike Schinkel" <mikeschin...@newclarity.net> wrote: 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... -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Coworking" group. To ... -- 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.
