Discussion
Gemma started strong re: NGI program transition to Open Internet Stack.
~“There is no Open Internet Stack without the digital commons.”
Funding will shift from exclusively development grants to “deployment”, Commission-speak for software having some commercialization that enables the FOSS to become self-sustaining.
Funding “innovation” is attractive to grantors, but we need grants for maintenance, non-functional requirements, support to increase quality concerns preventing adoption.
Sachiko Muto: ~”We’ve heard the Commission talk about business model for the commons. Is there a tension or clash there?” (Great question!)
Mirko Presser referenced “I am not a Supplier” blog post and the challenge of moving a community building freely to become a commercial entity to support itself.
https://www.softwaremaxims.com/blog/not-a-supplier?ref=activitypub
Sachiko Muto:
~”Open source is no longer a ‘nice to have’. It is strategically important. This is a concern for democracy. We need to widen the circle of people who are concerned about this. The words we use change who feels this is a concern for them.”
She recommended talking about ‘digital public goods’ and the use cases for them.
A space for Bonfire maintainers and contributors to communicate
