Definition of "commons" []

• Plural form of common. (noun)
• A dining hall, usually at a college or university. (noun)
• A central section of (usually an older) town, designated as a shared area, a common. (noun)
• The mutual good of all; the abstract concept of resources shared by more than one, for example air, water, information. (noun)

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• "Elliott Bledsoe: To me the commons is about being able to reuse content and knowing that you can."
• "I don't see it as demotion. dick newby was kennedys bag carrier and sadly sucombed to the same bunker mentality that he did in the end. i think given the traumas of the last 2 months having a COS in the commons is a good move. he'll also be very useful if as appears likely, the pig styes are to be cleared in cowley street."
• "Benkler: The property right created by the commons is the property right to use my equipment in ways that allow me to communicate."