This article studies the online encyclopedia Wikipedia as a core example of the storage and sharing of commons-based digital materials. It focuses on the voluntary, day-to-day activities of its editors as they gather and transform digital information goods that are made available free of charge. Using the notion of articulation work, I stress the effort that goes into accommodating the engagement with the encyclopedia within the contributors’ media-suffused daily routines. Then, the article discusses the typical practices of transcribing, republishing, and relicensing through which the transition from non-free ownership to freely shared property is brought about. Finally, the freedom that is inherent in the modification of the legal status of ideas and artifacts and their public circulation requires us to interrogate the ethical implications of the digital commons collected and spread by Wikipedians.

本文研究在线百科全书Wikipedia，这是基于公用的数字资料的存储和共享的核心示例。它专注于其编辑在收集和转换免费提供的数字信息产品时的自愿性，日常活动。我使用清晰度工作的概念来强调为使贡献者的媒体日常工作与百科全书互动而付出的努力。然后，本文讨论了转录，重新发布和重新许可的典型实践，通过这些实践可以实现从非自由所有权到自由共享财产的过渡。最后，