Publications
NOODL. An experiment in equitable data licensing: promise and limits
This report analyzes NOODL—a tiered licensing framework for African language datasets—as an experiment in equitable data commons governance.
Open Future Annual Report 2025
Open Future's Annual Report 2025 covers our fifth full year of operations and details the evolution of our organizational strategy.
DC-EDIC as an Anchor for Digital Commons Stewardship
The EU has an institutional vehicle for Digital Commons stewardship. This brief argues DC-EDIC needs the mandate and resources to match its potential.
Aligning Research and Innovation Funding to the Dynamics of Digital Commons
This policy brief explores what EU funding frameworks should look like in order to support Digital Commons and foster open source infrastructure that strengthens digital sovereignty.
Fostering Plurality, Integrity and Safety in Digital Public Spaces
Digital public spaces need more than oversight. This policy brief outlines a framework for public investment in infrastructure that prioritizes safety over virality.
Sovereign Data Commons and Public Data Infrastructure
This policy brief identifies the missing infrastructure layer in Europe's data ambitions and proposes a commons-governed public data storage infrastructure as the foundation for durable, public-interest access to shared digital assets.
Public Procurement as a Strategic Lever for Digital Sovereignty
Public bodies are among Europe’s largest buyers of digital technology. This policy brief argues they should use that power to advance digital sovereignty, and explains how.
Cloud infrastructure as a foundation for digital sovereignty
This policy brief analyzes Europe's cloud dependency and proposes structural separation across the cloud stack, transparent pricing requirements, and regulatory safeguards against vendor lock-in to make real, commons-based alternatives viable.
Collective intelligence vs artificial intelligence
This report examines how generative AI is reshaping Wikipedia and explores the tension between collective intelligence and commercial platforms.
Why Digital Public Infrastructures?
This paper examines promises and power dynamics behind digital public infrastructures in India, Brazil, and the EU—and the missing public role.
CommonsDB Feasibility Study: Verified, Decentralized, Trustworthy
This study evaluates CommonsDB's transition from design to deployment, testing the registry's real-world performance with live data from partners.
