What is it? What does it mean? I don’t understand the wikipedia article at *all*, please help
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This comes from philosopher John Locke when discussing ownership derived from common goods.
The idea is you are free to, claim ownership of unowned property by utilizing it with your labor, but only so long as enough remains for others and that it is of similar quality. That last portion is the proviso. Otherwise, society as a whole has an interest in that property and can limit how it is used.
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