#NGI #DigitalCommons Policy Summit is live on https://commons.ngi.eu/event/digital-commons-policy-summit-2026/ and I'm there in person and took notes and forgot to live toot this morning but will try and do so now ;)
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“What we need from you: there is a window of opportunity and if we want to succeed in using this window of opportunity we need more unity between the different kinds of players, we need to close some loops between users, providers… All of this is important if we want to collectively have an impact and make a difference.” — @Digital_Commons_EDIC
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Hi @MattiSG @nlnet @michiel
that's the 21st century #Entscheidungsproblem: There's a lot of managers buying from market leaders alone but ignoring unbranded solutions to avoid the risk of being held accountable. The issue isn't a lack of availability of tech, but the ignorance against local solutions.
Economy won't take any risk, so the public sector has to use and popularize and enforce those solutions. (Looking at #opendesk)
P.S.: Greetings to Brussels!
“Our main lesson from funding so many projects is: trust the community. If you give an open call, people will give you the weirdest things and show you that something is broken and the internet and you had no idea it even existed. An open call enables you have someone knocking on your door instead of” [facing a problem at the last minute] —@michiel
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“There is this “TRL level’ that is some fetish. Ignore it. You're not looking to see a product that solves everything, you solve things iteratively. Stop ‘big budget fetish’: that enables people to ask for a few thousands euros to work for a shitty rate simply because they are the ones who know how to solve the problem, and they do so on their Friday, without all the overhead and the expectations that come with a big budget.” — @michiel
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Introduction of https://openinternetstack.eu — 4M€ in 🇪🇺 funding for training and support in accessibility, CRA compliance, cybersecurity… priority given to NGI grant awardees.
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I knew how much the 3C telco lobbying effort managed to take away the incredible NGI funding that had such a strong effect on #DigitalCommons (ref: https://www.ow2.org/view/Events/The_European_Union_must_keep_funding_free_software_open_letter) and those who fought that battle remember how many buzzwords and how much bullshit were in the policy documents… But I think this new https://euro-3c.eu is an achievement in buzzword stuffing. A bingo grid is not enough to fit it all.
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