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{{KidsIntro|Co-opetition means working together AND competing at the same time. People compete to do their best work, but they share tools and rules that help everyone. Like a sports team where players push each other to improve but win together.}}

{{ExpertIntro|Co-opetition, the combination of cooperation and competition, is presented here as the social and economic philosophy WikiDeal intends to follow, inspired by wiki culture: providers would compete on quality, specialisation and approach while cooperating on shared infrastructure, legal frameworks and dispute resolution. The page argues that well-structured competition can reinforce cooperation, with the Open ~~Call~~ process as its main institutional expression.}}

{{ExpertIntro|Co-opetition, the combination of cooperation and competition, is presented here as the social and economic philosophy WikiDeal intends to follow, inspired by wiki culture: providers would compete on quality, specialisation and approach while cooperating on shared infrastructure, legal frameworks and dispute resolution. The page argues that well-structured competition can reinforce cooperation, with the Open Calls process as its main institutional expression.}}

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This dynamic is structurally similar to how GNU/Linux kernel developers, while sometimes competing intensely for technical influence and organizational position, cooperate on the shared codebase because the codebase is more valuable to everyone when it is better. The competition happens at the level of ideas and contributions; the cooperation happens at the level of shared Infrastructure.

=== The [[Gov/en/Portal:R&D/Open-~~Call~~:Main|Open Call]] as Cultural Expression ===

=== The [[Gov/en/Portal:R&D/Open-Calls:Main|Open Call]] as Cultural Expression ===

The Open ~~Call~~ process is WikiDeal's most explicit institutional expression of co-opetition. Proposers compete for recognition and funding; but in order to compete effectively, they must engage seriously with the existing model and with competing proposals. The process creates what the WikiDeal founder calls "productive criticism", critique that must be constructive to win, and cooperation that must be rigorous to be credible. The result is a community that is simultaneously competitive (producing better proposals) and cooperative (improving the shared platform).

The Open Calls process is WikiDeal's most explicit institutional expression of co-opetition. Proposers compete for recognition and funding; but in order to compete effectively, they must engage seriously with the existing model and with competing proposals. The process creates what the WikiDeal founder calls "productive criticism", critique that must be constructive to win, and cooperation that must be rigorous to be credible. The result is a community that is simultaneously competitive (producing better proposals) and cooperative (improving the shared platform).

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