The Digital Commons encompasses the entirety of digital artifacts, from code to training data for large language models, that is available to the public. Much like land-based commons, it’s value is intrinsically linked to being an equitably accessible resource. The commons is the cultural and natural resources accessible to all members of a society, including natural materials such as air, water, and a habitable Earth. These resources are held in common even when owned privately or publicly...| Interpeer Project
A comprehensive definition inspired by the Digitale Souveränität als Strategische Autonomie (German; “Digital Sovereignty as Strategic...| Interpeer Project
A few days ago, a vulnerability in xz-utils named CVE-2024-3094 was discovered, and since then the open source community as well as security pundits fall over themselves and each other to provide the best analysis of this incident. Don’t worry, this post isn’t another one of those. Because while all the speculation about what motivates such a long-term attack is fun, the underlying issue is way, way simpler. In a tweet1, Heather Adkins of Google posted an “unpopular opinion: if your hob...| Blog Index on Interpeer Project