I do not think p2p needs a party, but it needs relays to avoid legal and repressive assaults,<br><br>these relays could be a network of friendly politicians and policy makers,<br><br>so you could say that you're working with any politician that ascribes to the principles of openness, p2p and the commons, os some such thing, this could be said in a footnote?<br>
<br>Michel<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Mar 18, 2011 at 9:48 AM, Samuel Rose <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:samuel.rose@gmail.com">samuel.rose@gmail.com</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;">
<div class="im">On Thu, Mar 17, 2011 at 10:44 PM, Michel Bauwens<br>
<<a href="mailto:michelsub2004@gmail.com">michelsub2004@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
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> Dear Sam,<br>
><br>
> This is a really great document, and it is hugely important, and therefore a great advance, that p2p principles are translated in such a� potent way for local usage,<br>
><br>
> two remarks,<br>
><br>
> - I think you may want to articulate the precise relationship between open source and business, it's implied but I can imagine the obvious remark of, if it's open source, how can we make money ... so some phrase or two showing how open software and design creates vibrant economies ?<br>
><br>
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</div>Good idea. I will think on this one.<br>
<div class="im"><br>
> - two, while I broadly agree with your statement about politics, I think it is formulated too strongly anti-politically, a lot of what you want to do will be impacted by legal prohibitions and such, which� you may have to change, and this brings you into politics/policy, so you need to articulate some kind of connection<br>
<br>
</div>Yes. This is one is difficult for me, because I think so much of our<br>
problems stems out of piping everything through these parties, and<br>
always defaulting to thinking "we need a party". I am definitely open<br>
to ideas about this.<br>
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><br>
> Michel<br>
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