NGI Commons: Meet the Team
NGI Commons is a three-year European initiative which aims to elaborate on a long-term strategy for digital/internet commons which are…
Digital Commons as Providers of Public Digital Infrastructures
The concept of the Digital Commons describes a wide array of digital systems and solutions that are owned, developed, and maintained by groups rather than by single individuals or entities. Unlike businesses or state institutions, these groups coordinate not through pricing or subordination but through peer collaboration.
Measuring the Impacts of Public Funding on Open Source Software Development
Open source software (OSS) has become critical digital infrastructure, powering approximately 96% of codebases and constituting up to 90% of commercial software stacks. Traditionally maintained by volunteer communities, recent high-profile security vulnerabilities, such as Log4Shell in 2021 or the xz utils backdoor this year, have highlighted the unsustainability of relying solely on volunteer labour for maintaining such crucial infrastructure.
NGI Commons at the European Digital Independence Event – Driving Europe’s Digital Autonomy
On 24th September, the NGI Commons project was invited to participate in the ‘Toward European Digital Independence: Building the EuroStack’ event, where the focus was on Europe’s considerations to secure its own digital sovereignty. The event was organised and moderated by Cristina Caffarra and Francesca Bria, both members of the NGI Commons Strategic Advisory Panel (SAP).
Mapping the Digital Commons Policy Landscape: Fill out the survey!
NGI Commons aims to elaborate on a long-term strategy for Digital and Internet Commons, which are critical for Europe’s sovereignty and trust.
OSPOs and Digital Commons
Open Source Programme Offices (OSPOs) and Digital Commons: Emerging considerations from the OSPOs for Good 2024 conference and beyond
NGI Commons Workshop 2024: A Summary Report
What are Digital Commons? How could we possibly co-create Europe’s digital future by developing shared, public interest digital resources and…
NGI Commons On the Road
NGI Commons On the Road: Reflections on recent Digital Commons events in Europe In last week’s article on our NGI Workshop,…
Highlights of the NGI Commons GA
About last week’s NGI Commons General Assembly: Developing a cultural identity. The General Assembly of the NGI Commons initiative took place last week in central Zürich, Switzerland. The purpose of this in-person meeting was to facilitate dialogue, decision-making, and coordination among consortium partners of the NGI Commons project.
Highlights of the NGI Workshop
NGI Commons Workshop 2024: Initial reflections on our workshop to co-create priorities for digital commons policymaking in Europe.