<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><xml><records><record><source-app name="Biblio" version="7.x">Drupal-Biblio</source-app><ref-type>17</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Thomas Prowse</style></author></authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Treasury of the iCommons: Reflections of a Commons Sourcing Lawyer</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Open Source Business Resource</style></secondary-title></titles><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2008</style></year><pub-dates><date><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">10/2008</style></date></pub-dates></dates><urls><web-urls><url><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">http://timreview.ca/article/196</style></url></web-urls></urls><publisher><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Talent First Network</style></publisher><pub-location><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Ottawa</style></pub-location><language><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">eng</style></language><abstract><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">This article advances the thesis that commons sourcing is the emerging third wave of commercial transformation. It begins with the iCommons concept and its origin in open source software (OSS) methodologies and emergence in other business models. It then defines commons sourcing and situates it with respect to the two earlier waves of commercial transformation. It concludes with some reflections by a commons sourcing lawyer.
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Thomas Prowse is a Partner with the Gowlings Kanata Technology Law Office. His practice focuses on providing legal advice in the areas of technology law and technology-related commercial matters. Before re-joining Gowlings, Thomas was Senior Counsel with Nortel, a leading Canadian technology company with global sales and operations. Thomas provided general legal support to numerous and diverse product development organizations. Thomas worked extensively on OSS matters during his tenure at Nortel and was the Global Law Department leader on the Nortel Open Source Advisory Team. </style></custom1></record></records></xml>