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Foundational articles about how WikiDeal works, its principles, and its legal, economic, and technical architecture.
Wiki Core contains the essential knowledge needed to understand the WikiDeal project: its mission, governance model, economic mechanisms, technical architecture, and founding principles. These articles form the backbone of the platform's knowledge base. Start with About WikiDeal if you're new, or jump directly to the topic most relevant to you.
Origins, mission, and the research programme overview. Why WikiDeal exists, what problem it solves, and who is behind it. Learn about the Ynternet.org Foundation and the broader vision of user-owned commerce.
Decision-making rules, voting mechanisms, and user ownership structure. How 1 user = 1 vote is implemented in practice. The role of the Foundation, the community, and the WikiDeal Assembly.
The four foundational pillars: social entrepreneurship, co-opetition, planned obsolescence, and free licensing. Understanding these concepts is essential to understanding why WikiDeal is structured the way it is.
The at-cost 1–2% Commission model. How WikiDeal generates just enough revenue to sustain itself without extracting value. Comparison with market-rate platforms (Uber, Airbnb, etc.) and the radical transparency of the Commission formula.
Why WikiDeal is published under AGPL v3 (software) and CC BY-SA 4.0 (content). What copyleft means in practice, why it prevents platform capture, and how it enables community forks.
How AI is integrated into WikiDeal as a transparent, community-governed tool — not a black box. The principles of AI transparency, audit rights, and how AI assists (but never replaces) human intermediaries.
Data sovereignty and federated architecture. Users own their data. How WikiDeal implements decentralized data storage, portability, and the right to be forgotten — with practical technical details.
Competing cooperatively — the WikiDeal approach to market dynamics. How service providers can compete for clients while sharing Infrastructure, contracts, and knowledge. The theory and practice of co-opetition.
Building for the day WikiDeal is no longer needed. Exit by design — how the platform is architected to dissolve itself or transfer ownership when the mission is complete. Against platform lock-in.
All key terms and definitions used across the WikiDeal platform. Bonding curve, support membership, Commission, co-opetition, simple partnership, living lab, open call — everything defined clearly.
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