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The Crises and the Commons: The power of open collaboration for humanitarian relief

How realistic is open collaboration for development? Can it really work through the social web? CrisisCommons and OpenStreetMaps are good examples: volunteers worldwide combined forces for humanitarian relief.

Link: http://tinyurl.com/32r5eqb
Added by View user profileGiacomo Rambaldi on June 5, 2010
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