@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}
}
@article {flosswp61,
	title = {A Framework for Understanding GPL copylefting vs. non copylefting licenses},
	year = {2002},
	month = {October},
	abstract = {This article provides a framework to discuss the consequences of licensing choices that are applied to publicly funded libre choices. It disucsses these choices from the angle of general public interest and policy. It concludes that one is led to prefer GPL for any libre software component that is publicly funded and when its is providing functionality as part of the common infrastructure of the information society.},
	attachments = {https://flosshub.org/sites/flosshub.org/files/aigrain2.pdf},
	author = {Philippe Aigrain}
}
@article {flosswp34,
	title = {Positive Intellectual Rights and Information Exchanges},
	year = {2001},
	month = {July},
	abstract = {This paper proposes a reversal in how to consider the rights associated with information, media contents, software and other intellectual entities. The proposed approach sets as its basis a number of positive intellectual rights, defined as to enable wide societal production and exchange of intellectual entities. It then defines how granting of specific attributes of property is necessary as to ensure that the positive rights are not abused to the detriment of some basic values, and are implemented in reality. Such a reversal allows to exploit the benefits of information and communication technology. More generally, it debates right issues for the technology of the intangible.},
	attachments = {https://flosshub.org/sites/flosshub.org/files/aigrain.pdf , https://flosshub.org/sites/flosshub.org/files/aigrain_0.pdf},
	author = {Philippe Aigrain}
}
