Tomorrow in The Hague, EU Member States launch a new international organisation, one that invests in and cares for #DigitalCommons and open source. The EDIC for Digital Commons is a long term commitment and strategy to help governments transition to open source, work with the communities and strengthen the ecosystem. Much needed.

https://digital-strategy.ec.europa.eu/en/news/commission-launch-digital-commons-edic-support-sovereign-european-digital-infrastructure-and

#DCEDIC #OpenSource #DigitalSovereignty

"Our custom #bikes and gear reflect our dirt intentions and we #LeaveNoTrace to keep it all sustainable. Our #bikepacking #commons weaves us together and forms the grounds of this community. We all help maintain our commons first and foremost by riding."

Important piece by Josh Meissner about how #Komoot betrayed the commons and what the bikepacking community must learn from it.

https://bikepacking.com/plog/when-we-get-komooted/

#enshittificatiom #BigTech #fedibikes #DigitalCommons

"Our custom #bikes and gear reflect our dirt intentions and we #LeaveNoTrace to keep it all sustainable. Our #bikepacking #commons weaves us together and forms the grounds of this community. We all help maintain our commons first and foremost by riding."

Important piece by Josh Meissner about how #Komoot betrayed the commons and what the bikepacking community must learn from it.

https://bikepacking.com/plog/when-we-get-komooted/

#enshittificatiom #BigTech #fedibikes #DigitalCommons

We’re looking for an experienced project manager to help develop and deliver new projects at the #SovereignTechAgency, from supporting the #DigitalCommons #EDIC to organizing the Maintain-a-thon at the United Nations.

Sound like you? Apply here: https://www.sovereign.tech/jobs/project-manager #hiring #fedijobs #fedihired

Today in The Hague, the #DigitalCommons #EDIC’s official launch is taking place—a consortium designed to strengthen Europe’s shared capacity to develop, maintain, and scale essential digital infrastructure.

We have been engaged in the effort from its earliest stages, contributing experience in building structures that sustain open, interoperable technologies. Our managing director, Adriana Groh, spoke at today’s event on the panel “Future Strategies for the Digital Commons EDIC.”

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Europe’s economy relies heavily on technology of all kinds. The #DigitalCommons EDIC establishes a shared European vehicle to
– enable coordinated investment in open technologies,
– improve interoperability across markets,
– lower barriers for European companies, and
– create better conditions for innovation and long-term economic competitiveness.

Open standards, free and #OpenSource software, and other digital commons form the base layer on which European products, services, and businesses 2/4

🇪🇺 Digital Commons EDIC officially established

📣 Launched in The Hague, it brings together EU Member States to strengthen Europe’s digital sovereignty through open, interoperable and reusable digital commons.

🔗 Read more: 👉 https://commons.ngi.eu/2025/12/15/digital-commons-edic-officially-established/

And 👉 https://digital-strategy.ec.europa.eu/en/news/digital-commons-edic-launches-advance-europes-technological-sovereignty

#DigitalCommons #DigitalSovereignty #OpenSource #Europe

@martelinnovate @openfuture @OpenForumEurope @openfuture @cnrs @linuxfoundation @ngi

Wir suchen eine*n erfahrene*n Project Manager*in, um neue Projekte bei der Sovereign Tech Agency zu entwickeln und umzusetzen – von der Unterstützung des #DigitalCommons #EDIC bis zur Organisation von Events wie dem Maintain-a-thon bei den Vereinten Nationen und mehr!

Klingt nach dir? Dann bewirb dich hier: https://www.sovereign.tech/de/stellenangebote/projekt-manager_in

#hiring #getfedihired #fedijobs

We’re looking for an experienced project manager to help develop and deliver new projects at the #SovereignTechAgency, from supporting the #DigitalCommons #EDIC to organizing the Maintain-a-thon at the United Nations.

Sound like you? Apply here: https://www.sovereign.tech/jobs/project-manager #hiring #fedijobs #fedihired

🇪🇺 Digital Commons EDIC officially established

📣 Launched in The Hague, it brings together EU Member States to strengthen Europe’s digital sovereignty through open, interoperable and reusable digital commons.

🔗 Read more: 👉 https://commons.ngi.eu/2025/12/15/digital-commons-edic-officially-established/

And 👉 https://digital-strategy.ec.europa.eu/en/news/digital-commons-edic-launches-advance-europes-technological-sovereignty

#DigitalCommons #DigitalSovereignty #OpenSource #Europe

@martelinnovate @openfuture @OpenForumEurope @openfuture @cnrs @linuxfoundation @ngi

Digital Commons panel kicked off by @SophieB posing #DigitalCommons as a way to keep us on track. Also think of open protocols to assure a level playing field and interoperability. Key for #DigitalSovereignty

Today, the #EU will launch a new legal entity aimed at supporting the development of the #DigitalCommons.

The so-called European Digital Infrastructure Consortium ( #EDIC) is a legal instrument that allows EU countries to pool resources and "coordinate with communities to develop, maintain and scale digital commons and facilitate their uptake."

Depending on who leads it, this #DCEDIC might become something great, or it could end in failure just as #GaiaX did. 🍿

https://digital-strategy.ec.europa.eu/en/news/commission-launch-digital-commons-edic-support-sovereign-european-digital-infrastructure-and