Freeing software with governance, for public administrations
summary
Two case studies compare a legacy municipal case-management system and a fresh AI prototype to show what actually works: GD Matrix is a monolithic system built from 2011 under public contracts, already copied by about seven or eight cities but lacking collaborative governance and needing IP clearance; Brain40 is a one-year‑old AI project developed on GitHub and designed to be opened with a license. A lightweight four‑page MOU, Drupal/GPL choices, Slack/agile workflows and a proof‑of‑concept deployed in December bring 10 councils together and project ~£117k saved per five microsites.
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chapters (15)
- 0:00Intro
- 4:45gdMatrix
- 8:10The mandate
- 10:39The issues
- 13:57The councils involved
- 14:20How did this start
- 15:44Discovery phase
- 18:02Proof of concept
- 18:42Advantages
- 23:03Governance
- 26:24Memorandum of understanding
- 27:41Local Digital Declaration
- 28:09Where are we now
- 29:00Final points
- 30:30Mission Patch
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