Peer production
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
See also: Commons-based peer production
| This article does not cite any references or sources. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. (June 2009) |
Peer production (also known by the term mass collaboration) is a new way of producing goods and services that relies on self-organizing communities of individuals who come together to produce a shared outcome. In these communities the efforts of a large number of people is coordinated creating meaningful projects. Common examples are Wikipedia, an online encyclopedia and Linux, a computer operating system.
[edit] External links
- TED: Ideas worth spreading - Yochai Benkler introduces peer production.

