ICommons Core Values
From iCommons wiki
What are we doing here?
This document of iCommons core values will guide the development of policies and process - for example, around how the Summit should be run, how nodes will be approved etc. For an example of where the core values might be applied, see the suggested purchasing and (in particular) the fundraising policies on the ISummit_2007 page.
The Core Values doc accompanies the iCommons Code of Conduct which governs how members of the iCommons community will conduct themselves.
Please add your name to the doc when you edit/add anything, so that we know who is working on it. If you disagree with something, please add your comments below the relevant section. The deadline for submissions is 5 December, 2006. The final text will be taken to the Board on the 30th of December, 2006.
Writers
Add your name here - this doesn't mean you approve of the text, only that you have contributed.
- Heather Ford
- Tom Chance
- David Berry
- David Palmer
- Andrew Garton
- Diane Cabell
- Jarosław Lipszyc
- Lawrence Lessig
Discussion
Please explain any changes you make, and discuss others' changes, on the Talk:ICommons_Core_Values page.
iCommons Core Values: The Text
iCommons adheres to these core values and principles:
- Defend, protect, support and encourage the freedom of societies to create, build upon and share works of culture.
- Develop theory and practice with respect to concepts and structures that can support commons-based projects both nationally and internationally.
- Encourage broad participation in the growth of the intellectual commons - from business to the public sector, and throughout wider civil society.
- Respect the diversity of creativity and innovation by creators around the world.
- Promote and support efforts to achieve a more equitable global development based on access to technology, knowledge, science and culture.
- Promote the highest levels of open access to intellectual products for organisations and individuals - especially those with a public mandate
- Employ open and transparent governance and processes organisationally.
- Promote and seek global diversity in participation in iCommons activities.
- Actively seek out, and productively network with other organisations that promote like values.
- Encourage the incorporation of accessibility principles within iCommons.
