Dear Mayo,

here is the statement I promised, defining p2p infrastructures, I hope it can be of some use: http://p2pfoundation.net/Defining_True_P2P_Infrastructures

please note that this is not to question the legitimacy of non-p2p infrastructures per se, but to define a full p2p alternative which may co-exist alongside it,

this is of course, just a proposal, open to improvements and changes,

Michel

What is a p2p infrastructure:

1) A P2P communications and cooperation infrastructure is a technological and social infrastructure which allows any individual to voluntarily aggregate with others for purposes of communication or the creation of common value

2 )A P2P technological infrastructure allows any agent to initiate actions from any point within the network, on the basis of equality of communication (network neutrality) and without any censorship impeding free speech and the freedom of association and cooperation. It is a distributed infrastructure in which elements of decentralisation and centralisation can only serve the efficiency of the network, and not issues of control or profit.

3) A P2P ownership infrastructure is preferentially owned by the users and producers of value over the network. Private and public ownership of P2P communication platforms can only be justified by superior service provision which does not impede the p2p rights of usage defined in 1 and 2.

4) A P2P governance infrastructure is based on the full rights by communities and participating individuals to govern their own infrastructures and actiivities. Governance by owners of infrastructure is subsumed to the prior usage and cooperation rights of users, including the right to autonomy and self-governance. The governance of P2P infrastructures recognizes participation by all legitimate stakeholders.

5) P2P revenue infrastructures recognize that value creation is primarily the result of user activities and cooperation, and has benefit or revenue sharing processes in place which recognize this value creation, but do not impede the continuation of peer to peer relational dynamics and value creation over the network.





On Sun, Jan 9, 2011 at 2:51 AM, Fuster, Mayo <Mayo.Fuster@eui.eu> wrote:

Hello!

I am very interested in the mapping of P2P infrastructure.

I think we need to build an actor around it. The firts step is to make clear what would define a P2P/free and open infrastructure, whatever you want to call it. This was one of the goals behind the infrastructure part of Fcforum 2010 declaration (http://wiki.fcforum.net/index.php?title=Collective_editing_Infrastructure_part_final_declaration). The second step would be to map the P2P infrastructure. And the third step to create an alliance between those resources.

On the mapping part, I would be happy to contribute and be part of a group of people interested on developing it.

Cheers! Mayo