The promise of the commons - part II

New online journal Re-public (www.republic.gr/en <http://www.republic.gr/
en> )   <https://exchange.lse.ac.uk/exchweb/bin/r
edir.asp?URL=http://www.has/>  has just published the
second part of its special issue "The promise of the
commons ". The issue explores the openings that the
concept of the 'commons' presents for democratic theory and
practice . Articles include: 

Lawrence Lessig – Creative Commons: 4 years on  ( http://www.re-public
.gr/en/?p=96 <http://www.re-pu
blic.gr/en/?p=96>  )

One of the founders of Creative Commons reviews the success
of the licences that have become a simple way for authors
and artists to express the freedoms they want their
creativity to carry. 

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Gunther Teubner - The private/public dichotomy: After the
critique?  (http://www.re-public
.gr/en/?p=99 <http://www.re-pu
blic.gr/en/?p=99> )

Gunther Teubner proposes that the originary distinction of
public/private should be replaced by the notion of
polycontexturality.   

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Diomidis Spinellis - Open source as a paradigm for evolving
complex systems (http://www.re-public
.gr/en/?p=97 <http://www.re-pu
blic.gr/en/?p=97> )
Τhough the open source development model is not a panacea,
it opens exciting new possibilities for expanding our
society's commons, argues Diomidis Spinellis.  
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Tom Steinberg - Public data, the commons, and democracy in
the UK ( http://www.re-public
.gr/en/?p=98 <http://www.re-pu
blic.gr/en/?p=98> )
Freeing access to public data is a step towards a better
functioning democracy, argues Tom Steinberg. 

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All articles of Re-public are published with a Creative
Commons license and can be re-printed freely, by
acknowledging their source. 

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