Digital Public Goods - Incentivizing Collaboration
Talkat Open Source Summit Europe 2025 · on Monday, 2025-08-25· at 14:25· Elicium 2A (Elicium Level 1)·
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Digital Public Goods need active governance, measurable stewardship and funding for maintenance, not just permissive licenses. The Digital Public Goods Alliance uses a DPG Alliance certification form that asks for SDG alignment, documentation, privacy and security evidence; examples already certified include Drupal, Fedora, OpenStreetMap and DKAN. Governments can change incentives through procurement — the US SHARE Act is a concrete precedent — and projects join by filing issues and submitting evidence of practices.
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chapters (20)
- 0:00Introduction
- 1:24Digital public goods
- 5:18Open source’s role
- 7:47Examples of certified digital public goods
- 9:13Certification process for digital public goods
- 11:24Aligning projects with sustainable development goals
- 13:08Motivating contributions
- 15:56Why developers contribute
- 18:03Business incentives
- 20:11Government’s role
- 21:35US open code initiatives
- 23:38Global DPG standards
- 25:02Sustainability and security
- 27:10Open AI and DPGs
- 29:14Future of DPG collaboration
- 31:02GovStack interoperability
- 32:49How to engage with digital public goods
- 33:51Q&A: Open hardware
- 36:37Q&A: Ethical licensing
- 38:27Q&A: Bulk certification
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