Commons-based peer production

Peer Production: An Agent of Good or Evil? A Comparative Essay in the Context of Wikipedia Traditionally, centralized organizations such as governments, religious institutions and universities were responsible for information production and sharing. However, over the past decade, the Internet has decentralized the process and promoted open-source software (OSS). OSS is software that is freely used, edited, and shared by anyone. As a result of OSS, users are able to generate content, also known as

Terry Bollea, professionally known by his wrestler stage name Hulk Hogan, sued Gawker Media for posting a sex videotape without his consent. In the controversial videotape, Bollea was having sex with Heather Clem, who was back then the wife of his best friend and radio personality Bubba the Love Sponge. Initially, Bollea also sued his now former best friend and Clem because, according to him, he did not agree to participate in the sex tape. Bollea also said that he was totally unaware of the video’s

it is that it makes us see clearly a very old idea. With open source the technology was novel, the production process was transparent, and the result of that process was a “product” which out-competed other products in the marketplace. “How can this have happened? What about the tragedy of the commons?” we asked in puzzlement, coming only slowly to the realization that other examples of commons-based, non-proprietary

INTRODUCTION TO THE LEAN SYSTEMS The success of the Toyota Production System is the evidence that Lean Systems help manufacturing companies in improving their operations and the process of manufacturing. Lean is an approach to eliminate waste and maximize the value for the customers. Lean has made its place in today’s market. Apart from Toyota, companies like John Deere one of the largest manufacturers of agricultural machinery, Textron- leading systems which offers products and services to support

The Pirate Bay Case Study 24 06 2009 Introduction The Internet has served as a medium for peers to share any kind of files, like pictures, videos, music, books, etc. However, in order for peers to be able to exchange files, a platform is needed. There are many platforms available that serve as a bridge technology so that peers can share files with other peers around the world. These platforms only serve as a connection devise and not as a piracy store. As a result of the existence of these

and assess student learning. One main idea present within both articles is the idea of inquiry-based teaching strategies and their use within the classroom. In the article: Unwritten Bedfellows: Discipline- based Inquiry and Standardized Examinations by Sharon Friesen, she explores the impacts of inquiry based teaching on provincial achievement exams scores. She concluded that using inquiry-based strategies had a positive impact on student achievement exam scores. These findings raise many

Most would think that peer pressure is a bad idea. Peer pressure is the influence left on us from others, whether it be good or bad. Many times it is negative, but often times friends and friendly have a bigger, yet better influence than those pulling people down. Peer pressure is extremely common in social groups, especially relating to “The Queen Bee and Her Court” by Rosalind Wiseman. Peer pressure changes humans in many different ways such as: positive, negative, and even sometimes it can

INHERENT MOTIVATION As noted the paradigm of bio-hypermedia already largely improve the ability of multitudes to manipulate information, and this induces people to autonomously take a part of content production and distribution. The new question is why people in this age will have the willingness to participate in this labour process. What is the source of motivation? Castells (2011) give a overview of this inherent motivation in his The power of identity: The information age: Economy, society

behavior is more predictable based on external factors, such as demographic characteristics. One can predict travel patterns based on age, gender, socioeconomic status, and other characteristics because these factors are measurable. Internal, or endogenous factors, also contribute to decision-making and behavior, but are not outwardly apparent or measurable. Marin demonstrates this through the example of farm tourism, which is travel based on agriculture or the production of agricultural goods (2013)

The LGPL is a less restrictive copyleft license based, for the most part, on the GPL. One main difference between the two licenses is the fact that the LGPL allows the use of its licensed libraries to be used in proprietary software as well as free software (Free Software Foundation, n.d.). Programs