Philippe Aigrain

Philippe Aigrain (15 July 1949 – 11 July 2021 ) was a French computer scientist, activist and researcher.

He was one of the directors of the Software Freedom Law Center in New York City and a cofounder of the French non-profit La Quadrature du Net. In 2003, he founded and directed Sopinspace, a solution provider for participatory democracy and public debate using the Internet.

Theory about sharing and open access

Works Sharing, Culture and the Economy in the Internet Age, 2012, Amsterdam University Press Internet & création: comment reconnaître les échanges hors-marché sur internet en finançant et rémunérant la création ? (2008) Cause commune: l'information entre bien commun et propriété (2005)