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I agree "Commons" might be unfortunate, but I understood it to stand for "license for common people" eg. those neither paying nor otherwise contributing. Maybe

• DoreenMichele 8y ago
  "Commons" means shared public resource that is free for use. A phrase associated with it is "tragedy of the commons" which means everyone takes as much as they can get to enhance their own lives and doesn't give back. This is one of the things impacting Open Source and one if the things people are complaining about when they say companies use Open Source, make money off of it, but don't want to support it. Historically, the commons was typically a field where animals grazed. Overgrazing by some could ruin it for all.