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What?

What is Migiwe?

Migiwe is an online community of people who share a common vision - the realization of a strong and sustainable economy of free.

What is an economy of free?

An economy of free (or a free culture economy) is what you get when you have producers of free, offering free products and services, for the sake of consumers of free (aka the free culture movement), in exchange for free payments.

What is a free payment?

A payment that the consumer is free to make or not. A payment free of any mandatory value or constraints. In other words, a donation. See also the Migiwe blog.

What does Migiwe means?

Mìgiwe (mee-gih-way) means "he or she gives" in Algonquin.[1]

What does the logo represent?

The Migiwe logo is based on a map of the internet produced by Barrett Lyon through the Opte Project.

How?

How do you intend to do that?

How do I get involved?

Do like you yould do in any other wiki:

  • Sign in.
  • Browse the content, add you ideas, your knowledge, make modification, create new page, correct spelling mistakes, etc.
  • Take part in discussions, give your opinion, suggestions and criticism.
  • As usual, if your change is significant, it is always a good idea to discuss it in the talk page before posting.

In the Migiwe wiki however, other options are possible:

  • You can browse

Why?

Why Migiwe?

Why not use donation instead of free payment?

To break free from the idea of charity often associated with the word donation. A free payment is a business transaction. It is not an act of charity or altruism and producers of free are not panhandlers.

References

  1. Native Languages of the Americas