/Governing the Commons/, part 3: Man, 63, seeks software teams, any age. Object: matchmaking
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A short episode that encourages members of software teams to give Elinor Ostrom's ideas a try, in two ways: 1. I'm arranging for Elinor Ostrom's intellectual heirs to provide support.2. Your situation is not worse than those of Sri Lankan farmers in the Gal Oya irrigation system. A commons-style approach helped them, so why couldn't it help you? I'm looking for teams who want to collaborate with Indiana University's Ostrom Workshop, and I intend to provide financing.
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