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"The permissionless #innovation enabled by #FOSS allowed smaller and non-profit business models to flourish, letting organizations develop and provide high-quality technological products and services to market sectors often ignored by commercial companies. Enforcing the #DMA could consolidate #interoperability as a foundational policy for #Europe’s digital #infrastructure."
https://www.techpolicy.press/making-the-digital-markets-act-developer-friendly/
Today is.... Podcast Friday! 📻 Our last 2025 episode of our Policy & EU series is here!🚀
Listen to @annabonnie and @lexelas talk about EU’s public procurement rules.
The answer for a digital sovereign future? It must be #FreeSoftware
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
are built. Ensuring that these components are reliable, secure, and sustainably maintained is essential not only for public services but also for industry, research, and the wider economy.
The consortium provides Member States with a common framework to invest, align strategies, and accelerate shared infrastructure — helping open European solutions scale beyond national borders and reducing structural dependencies in key technology domains.
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#DigitalCommons #EDIC #EU #digital sovereignty
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. 🍿
Schleswig-Holstein reports €15M yearly savings by replacing Microsoft 365 with LibreOffice across most government workplaces 💶
About 80% of offices have migrated, with a €9M one-time investment planned for 2026 to finish the shift and strengthen open-source tools 🧩
🔗 https://itsfoss.com/news/german-state-ditch-microsoft/
#TechNews #OpenSource #Privacy #Security #Government #EU #Data #Sovereignty #IT #PublicSector #Digital #Microsoft #Office #Software #Tech #Cloud #FOSS #Germany #German #LibreOffice
Today we are calling on institutions around the world to take control of their #DigitalSovereignty, including their social accounts. Governments should communicate directly with their citizens on open platforms, not through the mouthpiece of a corporation.
https://blog.joinmastodon.org/2025/12/the-world-needs-social-sovereignty/
If you care about digital sovereignty and want to see your government join the #fediverse, contact them to say that #ItsTimeToAbolishX.
Help us make a list of how to get in touch with a representative in your area under this post, and don’t forget to #hashtag so your neighbours can find it 👇🏽 we’ll start:
#EU: https://commission.europa.eu/about/contact/representations-member-states_en
#USA: https://www.usa.gov/elected-officials
Schleswig-Holstein reports €15M yearly savings by replacing Microsoft 365 with LibreOffice across most government workplaces 💶
About 80% of offices have migrated, with a €9M one-time investment planned for 2026 to finish the shift and strengthen open-source tools 🧩
🔗 https://itsfoss.com/news/german-state-ditch-microsoft/
#TechNews #OpenSource #Privacy #Security #Government #EU #Data #Sovereignty #IT #PublicSector #Digital #Microsoft #Office #Software #Tech #Cloud #FOSS #Germany #German #LibreOffice
This is a small personal instance of Bonfire in the Fediverse.
