@article {flosswp108,
	title = {The Individual and the Collective in Open Information Communities},
	year = {2003},
	month = {August},
	abstract = {This paper is the written version of an invited talk at the 16th Bled Electronic Conference, Slovenija, June 2003. The text focuses on 2 critical issues for open information communities: how lowering transactions costs linked to becoming an active contributor is an essential factor for their success; and how free (as in freedom) licenses enable new forms of relationships between the individual and the collective. I bring some evidence that this permits to overcome some of the traditional limitations of commons in the physical world. The analysis uses as examples the free Wiki-based encyclopedia Wikipedia and the peer-reviewed free encyclopedia Nupedia, the Slashdot technical news community (commercial), and Web sites using the SPIP free co-operative publishing software.},
	attachments = {https://flosshub.org/sites/flosshub.org/files/aigrain3.pdf},
	author = {Philippe Aigrain}
}
