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While some stakeholders point mainly towards building a more competitive domestic ecosystem and migrating to European providers, Open Future (together with partners in the NGI Commons consortium) has argued for a different approach. One centred not just on open source, but also on commons-based alternatives. Otherwise, we risk replacing one set of corporate dependencies with another.

The Tech Sovereignty Package has promise because it keeps this door open by centering open source and open digital infrastructures in the conversation on sovereignty. But open source is just a license and should be the starting point for advocacy around more commons-based governance: ensuring sustainable appropriation from the ecosystem and communities that maintain these infrastructures, ensuring reciprocal benefit from commercial use of open infrastructure and code, and developing stewardship structures that can deliver durable governance.

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