The Information or Knowledge Commons is a new phenomenon made possible by the creation of the Internet. The following short book will describe what this phenomenon is, and will trace its history. This text is a group class project for a class with the same name. While studying the Information Commons, we felt it would be useful to actually add content to it in the form of a short Wikibook.

Table of Contents

Defining The Commons
A Brief History of the Commons & Information Commons
Some Prominent Examples of the Information Commons
Differing Governance Structures of the Information Commons
Problems and Legal Issues
The Future of the Information Commons
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