This I think is true: "digital sovereignty is not achieved by owning more of the technology we depend on but rather by having meaningful agency over it and the capacity to exercise that agency over time." This isn't something that should depend on volunteers, writes Anna Tumadóttir, but is something that needs to be sustained. But how? The warning here is that "Open infrastructure projects can become dependent on philanthropic funding or on the priorities of a particular government or administration." What's the best way to sustain infrastructure generally? We can't depend on the private sector for this, because the private sector prioritizes extracting revenue, not supporting the infrastructure. How often we have seen this! That's why I worry about the direction Creative Commons is taking., as it drifts closer and closer to the idea of a private sector controlled commons. Most key infrastructure is supported through public enterprise - in Canada, that means through government agencies, institutions, or Crown corporations. That way, if they're being mismanaged, we can replace the managers.
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