Comrade License (CL)
Regulates fair, consensual, mutually beneficial, and tactically sound use of resources inbetween comrades.
Last revision: 2023-07-02
Table of Contents
¶CORE PRINCIPLE
»We recognize ensuring the subsistence & work-means of comrades is a fundamental objective and a tactical necessity.«
»We recognize ensuring the subsistence & work-means of comrades is a fundamental objective and a tactical necessity.«
¶ * CL is a form of economic interaction: non-whimsical, integrative, consequential, caring, consolidative
### include: copyright→copyleft→copyfarleft context / references
The CL is a regulated economic instrument that supersedes both the standard liberal paradigms of "exchanges" / "trade", as well as those of "gifts" / "solidarity" / "mutual aid" / "charity" / "donations".
The CL is a regulated economic instrument that supersedes both the standard liberal paradigms of "exchanges" / "trade", as well as those of "gifts" / "solidarity" / "mutual aid" / "charity" / "donations".
¶ * CL binds all involved persons: collectives, as well the individuals involved with them
We aim to first recognize, and then materialize, that sharing purpose and labour must also mean sharing the level of work-live conditions — accross all comrade organizations, all of their consenting participants.
"We need to all afford to eat pizza at about the same regularity!"
We aim to first recognize, and then materialize, that sharing purpose and labour must also mean sharing the level of work-live conditions — accross all comrade organizations, all of their consenting participants.
¶ (1) Preparation: Collect, share and evaluate the standing of all involved (financial, political, etc)
¶ (2) Implementation: Prescribe steps towards consolidation
Carefully direct everyone to a lasting & involved commoning of subsistence & work resources (financial, material, social, ...), knowledge (processes, skills, networks, archives, ...), and workflow/tools.
Carefully direct everyone to a lasting & involved commoning of subsistence & work resources (financial, material, social, ...), knowledge (processes, skills, networks, archives, ...), and workflow/tools.
¶What CL is not
✗ CAPITALIST / MERCANTILIST / RETRIBUTIVE
"Product or service in exchange for money"
✗ LIBERTARIAN / HIPPIE / INCONSEQUENTIAL / "OPEN SOURCE"
"A gift economy / donation based service"
Used by "anyone", "supported" "when there is a chance", by one-sided decisions.
Care must not be improvised, nor voluntary!
✗ NO CRYPTO, NO CURRENCIES
No tokens, shitcoins, blockchains, sidechains or cross-chains
✗ CAPITALIST / MERCANTILIST / RETRIBUTIVE
"Product or service in exchange for money"
✗ LIBERTARIAN / HIPPIE / INCONSEQUENTIAL / "OPEN SOURCE"
"A gift economy / donation based service"
Used by "anyone", "supported" "when there is a chance", by one-sided decisions.
Care must not be improvised, nor voluntary!
✗ NO CRYPTO, NO CURRENCIES
No tokens, shitcoins, blockchains, sidechains or cross-chains
¶Relation to "Communist Conspiracy"
Comrade License is a simplified & more accessible version of CHT's 🔗postmarket ("Communist Conspiracy"), and can be a first step in that direction.
Comrade License is a simplified & more accessible version of CHT's 🔗postmarket ("Communist Conspiracy"), and can be a first step in that direction.
¶*** As applied at CHT
Continued/expanded use of CHT utilities for any individual or collective must involve implementing the Comrade License.
This relates to:
E2H (collaborative software)
middlemachine (advanced organization software)
PAD.LAND (public e2h instance)
EXTRA BODY VZW (co-operative fiscal entity)
CHT MATERIAL COMMONS
Continued/expanded use of CHT utilities for any individual or collective must involve implementing the Comrade License.
This relates to:
E2H (collaborative software)
middlemachine (advanced organization software)
PAD.LAND (public e2h instance)
EXTRA BODY VZW (co-operative fiscal entity)
CHT MATERIAL COMMONS
¶*** (1) PREPARATION
###→→as an example for all, and a test drive, writeup all template forms for CHT [!!]
¶#) ALL AGREE WITH THE CORE PRINCIPLE
»We recognize ensuring the subsistence & work-means of comrades is a fundamental objective and a tactical necessity.«
At the highest-possible level, engage in a consensus evaluation to go forward with the CL.
Complete consensus is necessary, since the mechanism becomes an integral part of the organization, and also applies to all participating individually.
»We recognize ensuring the subsistence & work-means of comrades is a fundamental objective and a tactical necessity.«
At the highest-possible level, engage in a consensus evaluation to go forward with the CL.
Complete consensus is necessary, since the mechanism becomes an integral part of the organization, and also applies to all participating individually.
¶#) GENERAL PRESENTATION
Quickly: Who are we?
(For all organizations & individually the people in them)
Quickly: Who are we?
(For all organizations & individually the people in them)
¶#) ESTABLISH INTEGRATOR
An Integrator takes personal responsibility for participation of all parties in the success of the commoning/comrading plan.
* Engages all through the initial process:
* Leads and mediates the conversations
* Coordinates key accomplices within the organisations
* Tracks & reports on common-set progress
* Advances positive collaboration practices
(so as to not destabilize existing patterns on each side)
Starting with: End to long chats & Threaded email arrangements
* [...] ###
This is usually whoever put forward the proposal for integration. Consult info@totalism.org for help.
An Integrator takes personal responsibility for participation of all parties in the success of the commoning/comrading plan.
* Engages all through the initial process:
* Leads and mediates the conversations
* Coordinates key accomplices within the organisations
* Tracks & reports on common-set progress
* Advances positive collaboration practices
This is usually whoever put forward the proposal for integration. Consult info@totalism.org for help.
¶ * common direction
Co-develop a fitting shared charter, based on existing directions (ideals, mision, vision, goals, ...) of everyone involved.
related → 🔗goals, 🔗why-how-what
Co-develop a fitting shared charter, based on existing directions (ideals, mision, vision, goals, ...) of everyone involved.
related → 🔗goals, 🔗why-how-what
¶ * assesement of ties
Disclose, dialogue and consolidate existing connections. This is sometimes simple (for example: to other comrades), and sometimes very challenging (for example: regarding self-interested, cryptic, problematically embedded, or outright privileged collectives & institutions).
The goal is to maintain productive and harmonious networks, steering clear from co-option, expropriation, grifting, and all forms of bigotry.
Disclose, dialogue and consolidate existing connections. This is sometimes simple (for example: to other comrades), and sometimes very challenging (for example: regarding self-interested, cryptic, problematically embedded, or outright privileged collectives & institutions).
The goal is to maintain productive and harmonious networks, steering clear from co-option, expropriation, grifting, and all forms of bigotry.
¶#) ELABORATE PRESENTATION
PROFILES / DISCLOSURES / OVERVIEWS
ties to 🔗survey, #questionnaire !
For all involved:
PROFILES / DISCLOSURES / OVERVIEWS
For all involved:
¶ * financial resources
see → 🔗template-financials
### [!!] add option for "SIMPLE FINANCIALS (MINIMUM)" aka "CL LITE" (pizza license?)
see → 🔗template-financials
¶#) ESTABLISH MEMORANDUM
Can we, are we interested in, and are we capable of co-developing these new practices?
Ensure a stated, clear intention of involvement, and a mechanism to frame future aspirations.
Contains:
Can we, are we interested in, and are we capable of co-developing these new practices?
Ensure a stated, clear intention of involvement, and a mechanism to frame future aspirations.
Contains:
¶ * mutual recognition & disclosure agreement
Protocol on permanent public recognition of this relation.
### TBA [!!!]
###XXX🔗disclosure-mini
Protocol on permanent public recognition of this relation.
¶ * financial
Also referred to as "Pizza Clause".
From "A letter to a Fellow Traveller":
🔗communique-comradelicense
"if we recognize each other as contributors to a shared struggle,
as we appreciate each other's contributions ...
we need to all afford to eat pizza at about the same regularity."
At an agreed regular interval (weekly, biweekly, monthly?), based on well-off comparison, you will either regulary contribute or receive a Pizza-equivalent from/to a shared pool.
_______________
Not enough?
Cap equilibrating contributions higher than pizzas;
for full financial consolidation, see → 🔗postmarket.
Also referred to as "Pizza Clause".
"if we recognize each other as contributors to a shared struggle,
as we appreciate each other's contributions ...
we need to all afford to eat pizza at about the same regularity."
At an agreed regular interval (weekly, biweekly, monthly?), based on well-off comparison, you will either regulary contribute or receive a Pizza-equivalent from/to a shared pool.
_______________
Not enough?
Cap equilibrating contributions higher than pizzas;
for full financial consolidation, see → 🔗postmarket.
¶ * common workflow
Co-develop 🔗protocols;
share infrastructure;
adopt and co-write common 🔗systematics.
Co-develop 🔗protocols;
share infrastructure;
adopt and co-write common 🔗systematics.
¶ * shared projects
Collaborate & engage fellow travellers on shared projects, including research, grant proposals, CFP applications, etc.
Collaborate & engage fellow travellers on shared projects, including research, grant proposals, CFP applications, etc.
¶*** PROCESS: CONSOLIDATION
The end result of a deliberate process.
Also see →:
🔗intersub
🔗postmarket
###Establish a separate workgroup, with specialized intermediator, for this.
The end result of a deliberate process.
Also see →:
🔗intersub
🔗postmarket