As long as we talk about tech independence or digital #sovereignty primarily in terms of geography and jurisdiction, we will lose as users and as people with rights:

1. Because this narrative can easily be co-opted by antidemocratic, nationalistic forces.

2. It takes away attention from what actually provides us with independence: software #freedom, #interoperability, a power shift away from #bigtech to small, decentralised, ethical tech.

3. It gives praise to entities...

As big-tech corporates are now starting to snake-sell their exploitative products under the "sovereignty" label we'd like to clarify:

#sovereignty lies in controlling and being able to change communication infrastructure components and apps to your needs, without permission.

Renting a proprietary product running in a proprietary cloud even if some of the proprietary code runs on machines standing on EU ground ... is willfull subordination, not sovereignty. Duh.

Guys use hashtags!

#Libreoffice #OpenSource #Freedom #Privacy #Sovereignty #DigitalSovereignty #FOSS #OpenSource #Linux

Here are some of our main takeaways from the EU Open Source Policy Summit 2025:💡 👨‍💻

— Open and collaborative innovation solves the dilemma of #competitiveness and #sovereignty
— Now is the time to invest in open source #maintenance and #security
— Building sustainable open source ecosystems remains challenging but necessary
— Open source is being increasingly regulated in Europe, and the new challenge is #implementation and #compliance

Read more in our new blog: 👇 🔗

openforumeurope.org/the-eu-ope…