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Ludovic Dubost<p>Back in Paris from <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://eupolicy.social/@apell" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>apell</span></a></span> conf, <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://fosstodon.org/@ow2" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>ow2</span></a></span> conf and <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://ec.social-network.europa.eu/@EC_NGI" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>EC_NGI</span></a></span> Forum 2025. All the conversations there gave me a huge motivation boost. Many contacts, many ideas, many opportunities, many challenges also to tackle. Open Source rocks.<br>Thank you all.<br><a href="https://framapiaf.org/tags/ngiforum" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ngiforum</span></a> <a href="https://framapiaf.org/tags/opensource" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>opensource</span></a></p>
witchescauldron<p>"Open source licensing permits continued operation of the software with an EU provider."</p><p>That’s technically true, but in practice, how many such transitions actually happen? How many of these tools become hollowed-out ghost projects after the buyout? We need the EU to fund <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/4opens" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>4opens</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/FOSS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FOSS</span></a> and commons-native projects directly, not startups chasing exit strategies.</p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NGIFORUM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NGIFORUM</span></a><br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NGIFORUM2025" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NGIFORUM2025</span></a> <br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NGIFORUM25" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NGIFORUM25</span></a></p>
NGI Outreach Office<p>💳 Digital payments sovereignty at <a href="https://social.ngi.eu/tags/NGIForum25" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NGIForum25</span></a>!</p><p>Özgür Kesim <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/@oec" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>oec</span></a></span> presenting "Digital Freedom meets Digital Payments" - how Europeans maintain financial autonomy in digital economy 🇪🇺</p><p>Follow LIVE the session on the NGI website: <a href="https://ngi.eu/ngi-forum25/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">ngi.eu/ngi-forum25/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://social.ngi.eu/tags/NGIForum2025" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NGIForum2025</span></a> <a href="https://social.ngi.eu/tags/DigitalSovereignty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DigitalSovereignty</span></a> <a href="https://social.ngi.eu/tags/OpenInternet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OpenInternet</span></a> <a href="https://social.ngi.eu/tags/DigitalCommons" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DigitalCommons</span></a> <a href="https://social.ngi.eu/tags/EuropeanInnovation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EuropeanInnovation</span></a> <a href="https://social.ngi.eu/tags/OpenSource" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OpenSource</span></a> <a href="https://social.ngi.eu/tags/NGIForum" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NGIForum</span></a></p>
NGI Outreach Office<p>🔐 Software supply chain security at <a href="https://social.ngi.eu/tags/NGIForum25" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NGIForum25</span></a>!</p><p>🎤 Philippe Ombredanne (AboutCode) on "Managing Your Software Supply Chain with NGI: Security, GenAI, and CRA compliance" 🇪🇺</p><p>Tackling pressing EU digital sovereignty challenge!</p><p>Follow LIVE the session on the NGI website: <a href="https://ngi.eu/ngi-forum25/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">ngi.eu/ngi-forum25/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://social.ngi.eu/tags/NGIForum2025" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NGIForum2025</span></a> <a href="https://social.ngi.eu/tags/DigitalSovereignty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DigitalSovereignty</span></a> <a href="https://social.ngi.eu/tags/OpenInternet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OpenInternet</span></a> <a href="https://social.ngi.eu/tags/DigitalCommons" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DigitalCommons</span></a> <a href="https://social.ngi.eu/tags/EuropeanInnovation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EuropeanInnovation</span></a> <a href="https://social.ngi.eu/tags/OpenSource" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OpenSource</span></a> <a href="https://social.ngi.eu/tags/NGIForum" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NGIForum</span></a></p>
hamish campbell<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://scholar.social/@nee" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>nee</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://maly.io/@MattiSG" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>MattiSG</span></a></span> a post a little strong maybe, but someone has to say this <a href="https://hamishcampbell.com/getting-through-this-era-of-collapse-with-anything-human-left-intact/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">hamishcampbell.com/getting-thr</span><span class="invisible">ough-this-era-of-collapse-with-anything-human-left-intact/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/NGIFORUM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NGIFORUM</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/NGIFORUM2025" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NGIFORUM2025</span></a> <br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/NGIFORUM25" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NGIFORUM25</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/EU" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EU</span></a></p>
Koen de Jonge - SynQ<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://bonn.social/@alexandrageese" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>alexandrageese</span></a></span> good to see you at the <a href="https://procolix.social/tags/NGIforum" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NGIforum</span></a> today. 👍🏻</p>
NGI Outreach Office<p>🔧 Theory → Practice at <a href="https://social.ngi.eu/tags/NGIForum25" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NGIForum25</span></a>!<br>"Applications of Open Web Index &amp; Web Data Infrastructure" panel showing real-world use cases 🌍</p><p>🎤 Sara Garavelli (@CSC) moderating diverse ecosystem experts:</p><p>Emmanuel Cartier (@EU_JRC)<br>Per Öster (@CSC – IT Center for Science)<br>Jan Hajič (@OpenEuroLLM)<br>Wolfgang Oels (@Ecosia)</p><p>Follow LIVE the session on the NGI website: <a href="https://ngi.eu/ngi-forum25/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">ngi.eu/ngi-forum25/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://social.ngi.eu/tags/NGIForum2025" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NGIForum2025</span></a> <a href="https://social.ngi.eu/tags/DigitalSovereignty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DigitalSovereignty</span></a> <a href="https://social.ngi.eu/tags/OpenInternet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OpenInternet</span></a> <a href="https://social.ngi.eu/tags/DigitalCommons" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DigitalCommons</span></a> <a href="https://social.ngi.eu/tags/EuropeanInnovation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EuropeanInnovation</span></a> <a href="https://social.ngi.eu/tags/OpenSource" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OpenSource</span></a> <a href="https://social.ngi.eu/tags/NGIForum" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NGIForum</span></a></p>
NGI Commons<p>🚀 NGI Forum Day 2 is underway<br>With the same <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/enthusiasm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>enthusiasm</span></a>!<br>Highlights from the opening talks:</p><p>🗣️ @StefanVoigt<br>Let’s build a public, transparent web search infrastructure like Galileo or Copernicus.</p><p>🗣️ @MichaelGranitzer<br>Search influences behaviour is crucial 20–80%. It's core to LLMs and AI.</p><p>Let’s treat <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/OpenWebSearch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OpenWebSearch</span></a> as a base public service, built on EU HPC centres.</p><p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://eupolicy.social/@NGICommons" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>NGICommons</span></a></span> is part of this adventure<br><a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/NGIForum" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NGIForum</span></a> <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/OpenWebSearch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OpenWebSearch</span></a> <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/DigitalSovereignty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DigitalSovereignty</span></a> <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/FOSS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FOSS</span></a> <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/LLM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LLM</span></a> <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/WebInfrastructure" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WebInfrastructure</span></a> <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/Fediverse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Fediverse</span></a><br><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://social.ngi.eu/@ngi" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>ngi</span></a></span></p>
NGI Outreach Office<p>🏛️ Policy perspective at <a href="https://social.ngi.eu/tags/NGIForum25" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NGIForum25</span></a>!<br>Alexandra Geese <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://bonn.social/@alexandrageese" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>alexandrageese</span></a></span> (<span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://respublicae.eu/@europarl_en" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>europarl_en</span></a></span>) delivering policy statement on "Why Europe needs Open Web Index &amp; Web Data Infrastructure for Search, Analytics &amp; AI" 🇪🇺</p><p>Follow LIVE the session on the NGI website: <a href="https://ngi.eu/ngi-forum25/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">ngi.eu/ngi-forum25/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://social.ngi.eu/tags/NGIForum2025" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NGIForum2025</span></a> <a href="https://social.ngi.eu/tags/DigitalSovereignty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DigitalSovereignty</span></a> <a href="https://social.ngi.eu/tags/OpenInternet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OpenInternet</span></a> <a href="https://social.ngi.eu/tags/DigitalCommons" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DigitalCommons</span></a> <a href="https://social.ngi.eu/tags/EuropeanInnovation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EuropeanInnovation</span></a> <a href="https://social.ngi.eu/tags/OpenSource" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OpenSource</span></a> <a href="https://social.ngi.eu/tags/NGIForum" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NGIForum</span></a></p>
NGI Outreach Office<p>🌅 Day 2 of <a href="https://social.ngi.eu/tags/NGIForum25" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NGIForum25</span></a> starts in just a couple of minutes with a focus on "Sovereignty in Web Search" - often overlooked piece of digital independence puzzle 🧩</p><p>🎤 Sara Garavelli (@CSC) MC'ing<br>🗣️ Stefan Voigt (@Open Search Foundation) setting the stage</p><p>Follow LIVE the session on the NGI website: <a href="https://ngi.eu/ngi-forum25/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">ngi.eu/ngi-forum25/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://social.ngi.eu/tags/NGIForum2025" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NGIForum2025</span></a> <a href="https://social.ngi.eu/tags/DigitalSovereignty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DigitalSovereignty</span></a> <a href="https://social.ngi.eu/tags/OpenInternet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OpenInternet</span></a> <a href="https://social.ngi.eu/tags/DigitalCommons" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DigitalCommons</span></a> <a href="https://social.ngi.eu/tags/EuropeanInnovation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EuropeanInnovation</span></a> <a href="https://social.ngi.eu/tags/OpenSource" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OpenSource</span></a> <a href="https://social.ngi.eu/tags/NGIForum" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NGIForum</span></a></p>
just small circles 🕊<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@moritzdietz" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>moritzdietz</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.matrix.org/@element" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>element</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.matrix.org/@matthew" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>matthew</span></a></span></p><p>In the <a href="https://social.coop/tags/NGIForum" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NGIForum</span></a> panel discussion that just ended some of these points were specifically mentioned. That a big gap exists. Especially Michiel Leenaars of <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://social.nlnet.nl/@nlnet" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>nlnet</span></a></span> addressed the human factor to applause of the audience.</p><p>The "commons" we speak about on the fediverse involves people who cocreate together.</p><p>The "digital commons" I see in EU Horizons refers to goods. It's a business-driven OSS-based goods market.</p><p>The people commons is vital for change. Real innovation.</p>
just small circles 🕊<p>Well, a bridge DOES have a business model.</p><p><a href="https://social.coop/tags/NGIForum" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NGIForum</span></a></p>
hamish campbell<p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/NGIFORUM2025" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NGIFORUM2025</span></a> is timidly touching sense <a href="https://hamishcampbell.com/ngiforum2025-is-starting-to-timidly-touch-sense/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">hamishcampbell.com/ngiforum202</span><span class="invisible">5-is-starting-to-timidly-touch-sense/</span></a> We are at risk of simply recreating their culture in softer tones. Let’s not do that. Let’s take a breath and reflect on what we’re actually building, it’s not a rhetorical question. This is not abstract.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ngiforum" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ngiforum</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Nlnet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Nlnet</span></a></p>
Rien<p>"There are many people who want to build on digitally autonomous infrastructure, but there is nowhere for them to go to."</p><p>"We need to enable the people to govern the internet, by giving them agency - we need to teach them to *open source*"</p><p>So. Much. Yes. <a href="https://ohai.social/tags/ngiforum2025" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ngiforum2025</span></a> <a href="https://ohai.social/tags/ngiforum25" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ngiforum25</span></a> <a href="https://ohai.social/tags/ngiforum" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ngiforum</span></a></p>
XWiki SAS<p>We’re at the NGI Forum in Brussels today!</p><p>Ludovic Dubost, our CEO, is taking part in the Impact Stories Roundtable to talk about what it really means to build open-source tools that prioritize ethics, privacy, and user control.</p><p>From CryptPad to WAISE, we’re tackling big challenges with a strong belief in digital sovereignty and sustainable innovation. If you're attending, come say hi. We’d love to connect and chat about the future of open tech in Europe.</p><p><a href="https://social.xwiki.com/tags/NGIForum" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NGIForum</span></a> <a href="https://social.xwiki.com/tags/XWiki" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>XWiki</span></a> <a href="https://social.xwiki.com/tags/OpenSource" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OpenSource</span></a></p>
witchescauldron<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://social.ngi.eu/@ngi" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>ngi</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://ec.social-network.europa.eu/@EUCommission" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>EUCommission</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://ec.social-network.europa.eu/@EC_NGI" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>EC_NGI</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://social.ngi.eu/@ngisearch" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>ngisearch</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@NGI_Enrichers" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>NGI_Enrichers</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://social.ngi.eu/@NGITransoceanic" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>NGITransoceanic</span></a></span> </p><p>This <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NGIFORUM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NGIFORUM</span></a> panel on <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/governance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>governance</span></a> is interesting. What is missing is that the is a native <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/openweb" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>openweb</span></a> project that came directly out of the original ActivityPub outreach to the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/EU" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EU</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://hamishcampbell.com/?s=OGB" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">hamishcampbell.com/?s=OGB</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> this so far has been ignored by the funders, you can see this in the link above. Q. When will we support native paths to balance the current <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NGO" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NGO</span></a> and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/geekproblem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>geekproblem</span></a> mess in the bureaucratic paths.</p><p>"What went wrong"!!! It is a good slogan. Yes <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NGI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NGI</span></a> it is a mess creating <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/techshit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>techshit</span></a> to feed the fashionistas. So good question.</p><p>Better <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/FOSS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FOSS</span></a> governance is a part of rebalancing this, so please look at the link above, thanks.</p><p>And if you want to be a prat about this - from a polemical view, <a href="https://hamishcampbell.com/maybe-we-dont-then-get-the-guillotine-out/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">hamishcampbell.com/maybe-we-do</span><span class="invisible">nt-then-get-the-guillotine-out/</span></a></p>
witchescauldron<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://eupolicy.social/@NGICommons" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>NGICommons</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@moniquecalisti" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>moniquecalisti</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://social.numerique.gouv.fr/@cnrs" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>cnrs</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.cloud/@OpenForumEurope" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>OpenForumEurope</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://eupolicy.social/@openfuture" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>openfuture</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://social.lfx.dev/@linuxfoundation" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>linuxfoundation</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://social.ngi.eu/@ngi" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>ngi</span></a></span> </p><p><a href="https://hamishcampbell.com/?s=NLnet" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">hamishcampbell.com/?s=NLnet</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> this link is about talking and working on the subject of this panel for last ten years. The is a LOT of feedback on this - working in a small way, failing in a big way path <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/geekproblem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>geekproblem</span></a></p><p>@paulkeller makes good points, that are "off-topic" which is good, what is on topic is too often pointless, so more off-topic please at these events :)</p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NGIFORUM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NGIFORUM</span></a><br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NGIFORUM2025" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NGIFORUM2025</span></a></p>
hamish campbell<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://kolektiva.social/@witchescauldron" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>witchescauldron</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://eupolicy.social/@NGICommons" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>NGICommons</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@moniquecalisti" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>moniquecalisti</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://social.numerique.gouv.fr/@cnrs" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>cnrs</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.cloud/@OpenForumEurope" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>OpenForumEurope</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://eupolicy.social/@openfuture" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>openfuture</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://social.lfx.dev/@linuxfoundation" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>linuxfoundation</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://social.ngi.eu/@ngi" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>ngi</span></a></span> </p><p>This needs <a href="https://hamishcampbell.com/?s=activism+tech" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">hamishcampbell.com/?s=activism</span><span class="invisible">+tech</span></a> into these <br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/NGIFORUM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NGIFORUM</span></a> events and not as tokenistic <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/fashernista" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fashernista</span></a> crap as it happens too often now. What we don't need is more <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/techshit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>techshit</span></a> to compost <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/KISS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>KISS</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/NGIFORUM2025" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NGIFORUM2025</span></a></p>
witchescauldron<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://eupolicy.social/@NGICommons" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>NGICommons</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@moniquecalisti" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>moniquecalisti</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://social.numerique.gouv.fr/@cnrs" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>cnrs</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.cloud/@OpenForumEurope" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>OpenForumEurope</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://eupolicy.social/@openfuture" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>openfuture</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://social.lfx.dev/@linuxfoundation" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>linuxfoundation</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://social.ngi.eu/@ngi" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>ngi</span></a></span> </p><p>Good point from the mastodon crew about NGI funding the social side of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/opensource" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>opensource</span></a> to balance the very small hard tech part of this native path. This is fundamentally anti-commercial in its development, but not in its use. So the development side needs balanced funding. And currently the huge social side is completely unfunded, this is pushing mess because the funding is currently pushing a narrow <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/techfix" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>techfix</span></a> paths that are not native to open-source and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/FOSS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FOSS</span></a> - and yes i understand this is anti-common sense but projects without users and support are dead projects <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/KISS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>KISS</span></a></p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NGIFORUM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NGIFORUM</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NGIFORUM2025" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NGIFORUM2025</span></a></p>
witchescauldron<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://eupolicy.social/@NGICommons" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>NGICommons</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@moniquecalisti" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>moniquecalisti</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://social.numerique.gouv.fr/@cnrs" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>cnrs</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.cloud/@OpenForumEurope" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>OpenForumEurope</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://eupolicy.social/@openfuture" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>openfuture</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://social.lfx.dev/@linuxfoundation" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>linuxfoundation</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://social.ngi.eu/@ngi" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>ngi</span></a></span> </p><p>It's good to see events like this, as the Fediverse and the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/openweb" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>openweb</span></a> reboot are forces for social good that we do need to support. BUT one thing we need to be aware and work around is <a href="https://hamishcampbell.com/?s=parasite" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">hamishcampbell.com/?s=parasite</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> that there is a balance needed for a healthy path. And this event clearly shows that we need more shovels and composting, and some activism to bring in new "native" projects.</p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/OMN" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OMN</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NGIFORUM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NGIFORUM</span></a></p>