To be clear, James Coe here isn't talking about software federations like the Mastodon Network, but rather, federations of institutions. "A federation is about purpose, governance, finance, and brand, but it is also about creating an ecosystem where partners believe the shared negotiation of purpose, strategy, and execution, is more powerful than a single organisation doing this alone." If I had to summarize it in a word, a federation is anout cooperation, where the partners are able to define exchanges of resources for mutual value. If there is purpose, it is created by agreement, not by external management or oversight. This distinguishes it from a system, which is what government is talking about when it says things like "the homogeneity of the sector is an impediment to the efficient allocation of resources." A system, however, is teleological while a federation is not, which is why government likes to think of it that way.
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