Dear all,
With Wikimania 2025 fast approaching, I'm delighted to share an excellent resource that came out of Wikimania 2024.
The report https://openfuture.eu/publication/open-movements-commons-causes/ from the Common(s) Causes day zero event has been published.
The report maps current threats and opportunities facing the open movement. It is based on the ongoing work of the organizations behind the Common(s) Cause event: Creative Commons, Open Knowledge Foundation, Open Future, and Wikimedia Europe (in collaboration with the Wikimedia Foundation).
All of the findings are highly relevant to your work as Wikimedians interested in policy advocacy. One that stood out in particular: the call for a shared advocacy agenda, which could help ensure that Knowledge Commons are treated and sustained as critical digital infrastructures. The report identifies opportunities such as:
1. (Re)defining openness in a new technological era. 2. Creation of a shared advocacy strategy and enhanced regional and thematic cooperation across the organizations. 3. Developing and testing governance approaches for our digital commons. 4. Advancing openness and sustainability for the technology, data, content, and governance of Digital Public Infrastructure.
Thank you to our friends in the open movement for hosting such an important event at Wikimania and for bringing us together!
Enjoy the read and resources.
Best,
Ziski
Franziska Putz (she/her)
Senior Movement Advocacy Manager
Global Advocacy, Wikimedia Foundation
Fputz@wikimedia.org
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Thanks for sharing this out, Ziski. Besides this nice tangible output, there was some very rich relationship-building at the event, which I hope pays off in 2025. Look forward to reading it!
On Mon, Dec 16, 2024 at 3:29 AM Franziska Putz fputz@wikimedia.org wrote:
Dear all,
With Wikimania 2025 fast approaching, I'm delighted to share an excellent resource that came out of Wikimania 2024.
The report https://openfuture.eu/publication/open-movements-commons-causes/ from the Common(s) Causes day zero event has been published.
The report maps current threats and opportunities facing the open movement. It is based on the ongoing work of the organizations behind the Common(s) Cause event: Creative Commons, Open Knowledge Foundation, Open Future, and Wikimedia Europe (in collaboration with the Wikimedia Foundation).
All of the findings are highly relevant to your work as Wikimedians interested in policy advocacy. One that stood out in particular: the call for a shared advocacy agenda, which could help ensure that Knowledge Commons are treated and sustained as critical digital infrastructures. The report identifies opportunities such as:
- (Re)defining openness in a new technological era.
- Creation of a shared advocacy strategy and enhanced regional and
thematic cooperation across the organizations. 3. Developing and testing governance approaches for our digital commons. 4. Advancing openness and sustainability for the technology, data, content, and governance of Digital Public Infrastructure.
Thank you to our friends in the open movement for hosting such an important event at Wikimania and for bringing us together!
Enjoy the read and resources.
Best,
Ziski
Franziska Putz (she/her)
Senior Movement Advocacy Manager
Global Advocacy, Wikimedia Foundation
Fputz@wikimedia.org
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Am 16.12.24 um 12:14 schrieb Franziska Putz:
The report <https://openfuture.eu/publication/open-movements-commons- causes/> from the Common(s) Causes day zero event has been published. […]
I really enjoyed reading the report, kudos for the work that went into it!
Could you expand a bit on the idea of the Open Source AI definitions being a positive factor? My understanding so far has been that the current efforts in this field could further erode the idea of “open” meaning some sort of commons (that had already been eroded by the “open source” vs “free software“ schism), as opposed to just “something you can access through the Internet or WWW”
regards, -stk
Great question! I've asked Alek Tarkowski from Open Future if he might be able to respond. Stay tuned.
Hello Stefan and everyone else,
(apologies for such a delay, I was away on family holidays at the end of the year)
I’m happy to share some thoughts on these definitions, just want to make a caveat that I cannot speak on behalf of all the participants at the event, where these issues were discussed relatively briefly.
I think that the starting point is an idea that such collective definitions, attempts to standardize our understanding of openness, are in principle good, as they strengthen collective action in support of openness in the space of AI development. I am aware of the criticism of specifically the Open Source AI definition (https://opensource.org/ai) as eroding openness (as it does not mandate open source AI systems to release openly training data). Although the definition does not go as far as equating commons with resources accessible online, as it has strong data transparency requirements. You can read my take about the definition here: https://openfuture.eu/blog/the-open-source-ai-definition-is-a-step-forward-i... - I think of it as a step in a longer process, and I’m mindful that there are other definitions that have a stronger position on open data. The one I would highlight is the standard for AI as a Digital Public Goods, developed by the DPGA.
I also want to highlight another effor to reach some form of collective positions on AI and the commons, which are the principles on AI and the Commons, which were developed collaboratively around the CC Summit in 2023 (with some follow up work in 2024, through the Alignment Assembly on AI and the Commons). i think this process did a good job in reflecting various positions, and concerns (here’s the report: https://openfuture.eu/publication/alignment-assembly-on-ai-and-the-commons-o...). Follow up work on the principles was one of the next steps discussed at the Commons Causes meeting in Katowice.
Best, Alek
-- Director of Strategy, Open Future | openfuture.eu | +48 889 660 444 At Open Future, we tackle the Paradox of Open: paradox.openfuture.eu/
On 16 Dec 2024, at 19:23, Stefan Kaufmann (WMDE) stefan.kaufmann@wikimedia.de wrote:
Am 16.12.24 um 12:14 schrieb Franziska Putz:
The report <https://openfuture.eu/publication/open-movements-commons- causes/> from the Common(s) Causes day zero event has been published. […]
I really enjoyed reading the report, kudos for the work that went into it!
Could you expand a bit on the idea of the Open Source AI definitions being a positive factor? My understanding so far has been that the current efforts in this field could further erode the idea of “open” meaning some sort of commons (that had already been eroded by the “open source” vs “free software“ schism), as opposed to just “something you can access through the Internet or WWW”
regards,
-stk
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