Commons

A recent study introduces the “Planetary Commons,” proposing a shift in global governance to protect Earth’s critical systems. This new framework, developed by an international team of researchers, extends beyond traditional global commons, emphasizing the need for transnational cooperation and enhanced environmental laws.A pioneering research paper redefines traditional concepts of global commons, proposing a broader framework known as the “Planetary Commons”.A groundbreaking research paper, recently published in the…

Scatterplot matrix of benefits—biomass, tree species richness and livelihoods—of 314 forest commons. Biomass and tree species richness are log-transformed. Spearman’s rho for bivariate correlations shows weak associations for biomass–tree species richness (ρ = 0.1989; Prob > |t| = 0.0004) and livelihoods–tree species richness (ρ = 0.2268; Prob > |t| = 0.0001) pairs. There is no relationship between biomass and livelihoods (ρ = −0.0246; Prob > …

Emilia David / The Verge: GitHub, Hugging Face, Creative Commons, and others write a paper for EU policymakers encouraging support for open-source AI models ahead of the final EU AI Act — In a paper sent to EU policymakers, a group of companies, including GitHub, Hugging Face, Creative Commons, and others … Emilia David / The Verge: GitHub, Hugging Face, Creative Commons, and others write a paper for EU policymakers encouraging support for open-source AI models ahead of the final EU AI…

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain A team led by Jinhyo Yun, Principal Researcher of the Division of Electronics and Information System, of the Daegu Gyeongbuk Institute of Science and Technology (DGIST) have published "Evolution of the Commons as a Business Model," a study jointly conducted with the research team at the University of Naples Federico II, in the journal European Planning Studies.…

It’s now official: Dungeons & Dragons is licensed under the Creative Commons. This makes the popular tabletop roleplaying game “freely available for any use,” Dungeons & Dragons executive producer Kyle Brink wrote in a blog post today. Just weeks ago, this outcome would have seemed impossible. About a month ago, Wizards of the Coast (WoTC) — the publisher of Dungeons & Dragons and a subsidiary of Hasbro — sent a document with a new open gaming license (OGL) to top Dungeons & Dragons content creators,…

Image: Wizards of the CoastDungeons & Dragons released a statement today saying that the future of its open gaming license will include its core rules being placed under the purview of the Creative Commons. The Creative Commons is “a nonprofit dedicated to sharing knowledge, and it developed a set of licenses to let creators do that,” says the newest update from Kyle Brink, the executive producer at Dungeons & Dragons. This decision is a direct response to a lot of the fears the community had after io9 reported on…

In a highly controversial move, Kevin Rose announced yesterday that Moonbirds and Oddities are moving to the CC0 public license. No Rights Reserved CC0 enables creators and owners of copyright-protected content to waive those rights and thereby place the creations in the public domain. This would allow anyone to freely use the works for any purpose without restriction under copyright law. In simple terms, this would mean that anyone can freely use the Moonbirds and Oddities art in any way they see fit. This effectively…