Post #762107

The Summit on European Digital Sovereignty was even more disappointing than I expected. It was more about #deregulation than getting rid of the #dependence on #BigTech. There was a panel about “The Power of #DigitalCommons” but none of the projects that contribute to an #OpenDigitalInfrastructure was invited. The @boeckler_de recently published a Working paper by René Lührsen, @heimstaedt and Thomas Gegenhuber analysing the work of the @sovtechfund https://www.boeckler.de/de/faust-detail.htm?sync_id=HBS-009212 The paper analyses the already existing open digital infrastructure provided by a network of underfinanced #FreeSoftware companies and projects. And it decribes how the STA manages to support these projects that usually wouldn't have a chance to get public funding. Just as public funding in gerneral this summit was tailor-made for big corporations.