Lessons from the EU’s Next Generation Internet Initiatives
summary
European Commission’s Next Generation Internet mobilizes 140 million EUR and funds 1,000+ projects; Free Software Foundation Europe audits about 500 projects for licensing and legal hygiene, finds rising GPL/AGPL uptake. Funded outputs include moderation tools for federated social platforms, encrypted audio/video added to a chat service, and a privacy‑focused school management system; legal confusion about copyleft persists and a recent Horizon funding cut of ~27 million EUR shows the model’s fragility.
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chapters (10)
- 0:00Introduction to NGI initiatives
- 1:05About FSF Europe
- 1:47What is Next Generation Internet
- 3:37FSF’s role in NGI Zero
- 5:02Examples of funded projects
- 7:11Lessons on free software education
- 8:35Adoption of copyleft licenses
- 9:39Funding cuts and sustainability
- 11:07Call to support FSF Europe
- 11:28Q&A session
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