They do custom assemblies of optical fiber for different applications, mostly illumination.
Never ordered from them, never spoke to them, perhaps we need to pay them a visit.
A set of for-benefit institutions which manage the "infrastructure of cooperation"
There is a clear institutional division of labour between these three players.
The contributors create the use value
The for-benefit institution enables and defends the general infrastructure of cooperation which makes the project 'collectively' sustainable
The enterpreneurial coalition makes the individual contributors 'sustainable', by providing an income, and very often they provide means for the continued existence of the for-benefit associations as well.
Is there perhaps a new model of power and democracy co-evolving out of these new social practices that may be an answer to the contemporary crisis of democracy?
My answer will be an emphatic yes, and stronger yet, I will argue that we are witnessing a new model for the state. A 'P2P' state, if you will.