Thank you, @mjbommar ! I’m sure working with Lin must have been very inspiring. I think democracies need to establish new types of societal interdisciplinary institutions that develop technology with a democratic mandate rather than a commercial mandate, and where those institutions engage in polycentric governance (and indeed has to figure out what that actually implies) of Digital Commons, along with industry and civil society as well as interested individuals. That’s the path I’m trying to clear personally.
I didn’t mean to imply that OSI was about to create a walled governance garden. I think they have a legitimate authority over the OSD, and I’m certainly in favor of them bringing an OSAID to the table.
I’m just saying that saying clearly that governance is out of scope will be helpful to open up for others to work in that space, since it is needed for society to get where we all want to get.