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 # Agora Commons
 
+An Agora is a [[knowledge commons]] provisioned and maintained by a self-governing community for [[public good]].
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 - #pull [[elinor ostrom]] [[free, fair and alive]]
 
 A [[commons]] consists, at a minimum[^comdef], of: