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If I'm not mistaken, this is the "coasian solution" for the provisioning of public goods:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_good#Coasian_solution

I recall this being discussed on the FSB (Free software business) mailing list a number of years ago. It's one of those ideas that seems good, but doesn't seem to work out in practice. Maybe all it will take is the right tweak or two to make it functional?



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