Dear Mayo,<br><br>here is the statement I promised, defining p2p infrastructures, I hope it can be of some use: <a href="http://p2pfoundation.net/Defining_True_P2P_Infrastructures">http://p2pfoundation.net/Defining_True_P2P_Infrastructures</a><br>
<br>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,<br><br>this is of course, just a proposal, open to improvements and changes,<br>
<br>Michel<br><br><p>What is a p2p infrastructure:
</p><p>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
</p><p>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.
</p><p>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.
</p><p>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.
</p><p>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.
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</p><br><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sun, Jan 9, 2011 at 2:51 AM, Fuster, Mayo <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:Mayo.Fuster@eui.eu">Mayo.Fuster@eui.eu</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">
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<p><font size="2">Hello!<br>
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I am very interested in the mapping of P2P infrastructure.<br>
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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 (<a href="http://wiki.fcforum.net/index.php?title=Collective_editing_Infrastructure_part_final_declaration" target="_blank">http://wiki.fcforum.net/index.php?title=Collective_editing_Infrastructure_part_final_declaration</a>). The second step would be to map the P2P infrastructure. And the third step to create an alliance between those resources.<br>
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On the mapping part, I would be happy to contribute and be part of a group of people interested on developing it.<br>
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Cheers! Mayo</font><br></p></div></blockquote></div><br><br>