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24 Nov: How NGI supports open, interoperable, decentralised and trust-based Internet applications through Fediverse projects like Mastodon

Within the Next Generation Internet Initiative, we have been working towards alternative futures for the internet to create a resilient, trustworthy and sustainable
internet. These alternate futures have one thing in common: they are based on technology commons: open standards, free and open source software and hardware, and open data.

David Lanzendörfer

03 Oct: LIBRESILICON: LIBERTY AS A SOLUTION FOR EVERYTHING

I installed my first open source operating system, OpenBSD, and wrote my first C-code, when I was 9 years old, back when I was growing up in Switzerland. I was inspired by the idea of a sentient computer (Artificial General Intelligence) controlling a robot in Knight Rider.

Michael Kubach

28 Jul: Verifying identity management credentials with TRAIN

Since 2013, I have been researching issues around digital identity and trust at the Fraunhofer IAO in the Team Identity Management and I am located in Berlin, Germany. The Fraunhofer Institute for Industrial Engineering IAO works together with companies, public-sector bodies, and institutions to develop strategies, business models, and solutions for digital transformation.