Research shows how collaborative communities are structured, following the 1-9-90 rule. Governance in such context is difficult, but even more is to have economic sustainability. Which legal and governance structures exist to reach economic sustainability in open collaborative communities? Presented at the Berkman Klein Center at Harvard University, within the event Next Gen Podcast Distribution Protocols: Innovation and Governance in Open Development Initiatives https://cyber.harvard.edu/events/2017/05/Podcast (This presentation is a composition of text and images; Text is released under open license CC BY 4.0 Int; Images are copyrighted and used under Fair Use).

1. Legal & Governance Structures
for Open Communities
Samer Hassan @samerP2P

3. Commons-based Peer Production

4. Conflicts

5. Pushing Forward…?
● Passionate
● > Responsibilities
● > Concern
● Anxiety
● Frustration
● Fatigue

6. Pushing Forward…?
● Passionate
● > Responsibilities
● > Concern
● Anxiety
● Frustration
● Fatigue

7. Sustainable?

8. 1-9-90 rule
Users
Core
Contributors

10. ● To ensure things are done the right way
● To support community sustainability
● To delegate and share responsibilities
Role 1%

11. ● To help others, to lead initiatives
(change things, to progress)
● To get recognition from others
Role 9%

12. Role 90%
● To check if aligned to community’s
values/aims
● To explore what is happening
● To be aware of how to get started

13. How do we govern this
mess?

14. FLOSS Governance?
● Benevolent Dictatorship
● Meritocracy
● Delegated Governance
● Dynamic Governance

15. And economic
sustainability?

16. FLOSS: Legal + Governance

17. FLOSS: Legal + Governance
Corporate

18. FLOSS: Legal + Governance
Corporate

19. FLOSS: Legal + Governance
Nonprofit

20. FLOSS: Legal + Governance
Nonprofit

21. FLOSS: Legal + Governance
Hybrid

22. Ideally?

23. Platform Cooperativism
Co-ownership

24. Platform Cooperativism
Core 1%

25. Platform Cooperativism
1+9%

26. Platform Cooperativism
1+9+90%

27. Platform Cooperativism
Hybrid

28. Samer Hassan
Berkman Klein Center at Harvard
Universidad Complutense de Madrid
@samerP2P
This presentation is a composition of text and images by Samer Hassan. The text is released as Creative
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