Astral Ship

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# Summary

Astroships are small, digital organizations with a not-for-profit orientation. They start off as informal or astral circles, which are then financed through crowdfunding and other sources. The funds raised are used to launch the ship, which is then managed using digital tools and a focus on legal governance. The approach to Astroships is governance first before moving into automation and DAO-like tools. An Astroship is described as a head-heart-hands, not-for-profit DAO in service of the commons with Astroship branding. The organization has IP that they protect in terms of that branding and the tooling. Astroships relate to Astrosircles, which are communities outside the ships. People can easily migrate from one to the other. For example, one can start a circle and then decide to have some assets and resources, and then transform it into a ship. Conversely, if a project or ship comes to an end or there's no need for funds, one can transform it back into a social-grief seek based circle. However, moving from a circle to a ship must be done cautiously to avoid transgressing the boundaries between the two, especially in terms of commons-based licensing of work and ship-based investment into IP.

# Keywords Astroships, Digital Organizations, Not-for-profit, Crowdfunding, Legal Governance, Automations, DAO-like Tools, Astrosircles, Community, Assets, Resources, Commons-Based Licensing

# Graph

digraph { layout=fdp; "Astroships" -> "Digital Organizations"; "Astroships" -> "Not-for-profit"; "Astroships" -> "Crowdfunding"; "Digital Organizations" -> "Legal Governance"; "Legal Governance" -> "Automations"; "Automations" -> "DAO-like Tools"; "Astrosircles" -> "Community"; "Community" -> "Assets"; "Community" -> "Resources"; "Assets" -> "Commons-Based Licensing"; "Resources" -> "Commons-Based Licensing"; "Commons-Based Licensing" -> "Astroships"; }

# Assets

astral-ship

# See also - Astral Thoughts