21 March 2025, 10:30-11:30.
ENS, room S16/FS101 (Aile Rataud, level -1).
Digital commons
Based on : Serge Abiteboul, François Bancilhon, Vive les communs numériques ! Logiciels libres, Wikipédia, le Web, la science ouverte, etc. Odile Jacobs 2024. Open access at https://abiteboul.com/AbiteboulBancilhon/
Humans have always known how to collectively manage resources, share them. We are talking about commons: resources shared, managed and maintained by a community that establishes their rules of use. The commons find in digital an incredible power, with great successes such as free software, Wikipedia, the Web, open science and many others. Why is digital so well adapted to the commons? First, because a digital good is a priori not rival: its consumption by an individual takes nothing away from other individuals. And because digital technology encourages massive sharing of data, information and knowledge. However, despite their brilliant successes, the economic models of the digital commons are sometimes fragile, their governance delicate, and coexistence with the private world does not go without friction. Richly illustrated with numerous examples, this book explains what digital commons are, analyzes their economic viability and imagines their future.
In addition, Amélie Marian, Professor at Rutgers University who is currently an ENS Visting Professor, will give a brief overview of her research interests.
