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# Foreword
regarding property, copyright, business, and finance can all be designed
to foster the commons.
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It's helpful to understand how the commons, market, and state manage
and rules they develop to govern use, and finally actual resource use
along with outcomes of that use (see Fig. 2).
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#### Characteristics
person behind a resource makes the commons less anonymous and more
personal.
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#### Norms and rules
met. (Fig. 4 illustrates the commons in relation to the state and the
market.)
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This is followed by a long history of the state (a monarchy or ruler)
education. Fig. 6 shows how today the market is the primary means by
which resources are managed.
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However, the world today is going through turbulent times. The benefits
state funded digital works should be that they are freely and openly
available to the public that paid for them.
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### The Digital Revolution
For more about the licenses including examples and tips on sharing your
work in the digital commons, start with the Creative Commons page called
"Share Your Work" at
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[](http://creativecommons.org/share-your-work/).
Lillian sees Figure.NZ's model as having global potential. But for now,
their focus is completely on making Figure.NZ work in New Zealand and to
get the "network effect"---
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users dramatically increasing value for themselves and for others
through use of their service. Creative Commons is core to making the
network effect possible.