Valuing the Unlicensed Commons

VUCStranded Knowledge Valuation

Capitalbuilds outward from a spine paper

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The first IRSA standards paper — a four-method valuation framework for the charitable transfer of stranded knowledge assets. Proposes CTR, CLV, OV, and SVD methods applied across five asset classes. Designed for practitioners: tax attorneys, appraisers, IP counsel, and commons institutions. No theoretical commitment required.

Where it sits. First Layer 2 (standards) paper. Provides implementable valuation methodology for stranded knowledge assets — practitioners can use it today without accepting broader theoretical claims. Opens the 'methodological infrastructure' layer of the IRSA corpus.

The long-form argument for this work still lives on the existing explainer at /explainer/valuing-unlicensed-commons. This page carries the abstract and the corpus metadata — the frame the argument would move into unchanged.

Key termsStranded Knowledge Assets · Intellectual Property Valuation · Charitable IP Donation · Cost-to-Recreate · Comparable Licensing Value · Option Value · Social Value Discount · Knowledge Commons

In the canonextensionbuilds outward from a spine paper

The paperValuing the Unlicensed Commons: A Methodology for Charitable Transfers of Non-Standard Knowledge Assets — read it on SSRN →

Nearby in the corpus

Also in Capital

The works either side of this one in the canon order — what it builds on and what builds on it.

The Charitable Asset Deployment AgreementCADAPost-PPP Capital Instrument→Bankable and ExtractableB&EEmpirical→Governance Coordination CostGCCMacro Theory→

Where to go next

Three directions out

Where to go once you have the argument — the paper it comes from, the instrument that measures it, or the next thing it depends on.

Measure itinstrumentsRun the measurement this argument implies against your own institution.→The library65 worksEvery work, by layer, with the argument and the paper side by side.→In the field2 liveWhere the argument has met real money and published dates.→