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'''Common property''' is that which is said to have no one owner. Some natural resources, such as air, can be a form of common property. Works in the [[Public Domain]] may have had an owner at one point, but any claims have since expired. Open source software can also be referred to as being held in common.
==Dispute==
The concept of so-called ''common ownership'' is a major focal point of error among [[socialists]], [[communists]], and [[progressives]]. [[Christian socialist]]s, for example, point to some of the teachings of [[Jesus]]<ref>Acts 2:44-45</ref> such as "all the believers were together and held all things in common" as proof that all things were held by government.
Government ownership, however, is not a form of common ownership. Land and industries owned by government are [[Collective property|collectively owned]].
Another issue is that of [[Nationalization]]. Once government takes over industry or natural resources, socialists will claim that this is then common property but it is not.
The classification of a park as "held in common" is another source of dispute. National parks are owned and managed by the [[Bureau of Land Management]], state and local parks are collectively owned by their respective districts.
[[Category:Economics]]
==Dispute==
The concept of so-called ''common ownership'' is a major focal point of error among [[socialists]], [[communists]], and [[progressives]]. [[Christian socialist]]s, for example, point to some of the teachings of [[Jesus]]<ref>Acts 2:44-45</ref> such as "all the believers were together and held all things in common" as proof that all things were held by government.
Government ownership, however, is not a form of common ownership. Land and industries owned by government are [[Collective property|collectively owned]].
Another issue is that of [[Nationalization]]. Once government takes over industry or natural resources, socialists will claim that this is then common property but it is not.
The classification of a park as "held in common" is another source of dispute. National parks are owned and managed by the [[Bureau of Land Management]], state and local parks are collectively owned by their respective districts.
[[Category:Economics]]