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Leiden University research project investigates post-FOSS future for public-interest infrastructure
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A research project from Leiden University's d12n Research Cluster is asking how critical technologists will build and defend public-interest digital infrastructure after the pyrrhic victory of FOSS.
The project addresses disillusionment among FOSS contributors and maintainers, who see the movement's success as pyrrhic. It explores how critical technologists are finding new ways to align their work with the public interest. Understanding these paths is key to making and maintaining digital infrastructure in the public interest.
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The project asks how critical technologists imagine the future of their work on digital infrastructure.
FOSS is described as having a pyrrhic victory, with the movement in shambles and many contributors disillusioned.
The research is conducted by John D. Boy and the d12n Research Cluster at Leiden University, with results from Round 3 in February 2024.
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