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🇪🇺 The #EuroStack report was released last week. This proposal—covering everything from chips to cloud computing—represents Europe's most ambitious vision yet for technological sovereignty. But is a single fund capable of achieving such broad goals? Our analysis by @npub16ke8...qzhd examines both the promising opportunities and significant challenges ahead: #DigitalSovereignty #EuropeanTech #DigitalCommons image
📢 Just launched: CommonsDB - a new initiative to build a prototype registry of public domain and open-licensed works. This project originated from our 2021 suggestion on a white paper and is now funded by the European Commission. We're working with committed partners from Liccium, @npub1htcn...f5am Wikimedia Sverige, and the Institute for Information Law (IViR) to create public infrastructure for verifying the rights status of digital content. 🔗 image
#DigitalCommons in EU's Industrial Strategy: @npub16ke8...qzhd analyzes the semiconductor landscape: 🌉 Can #OpenSourceHardware bridge the technology gap? 💶 EU's strategic investments in #RISC-V 🥊 Balancing openness with #DigitalSovereignty
🔧The COVID-19 supply shock revealed vulnerabilities in global chip manufacturing. What role can openness play in these industrial strategies amid escalating geopolitical tensions and trade restrictions? EU and Chinese investments in Open Source Hardware designs highlight the opportunities and challenges of openness for digital sovereignty. Explore this balance in @npub16ke8...qzhd latest analysis: #DigitalCommons #OpenHardware #Semiconductors
“There is a fundamental mismatch between the interests of a small number of US and China-based tech corporations on the one hand and the health of European democracies on the other,” writes Open Future’s co-director Zuzanna Warso in our contribution to the new collection of essays edited by the AI Now Institute.