Exactly. "Citizen-owned" is half-right. FOSS gets you the rest of the way.

specialist · on June 25, 2021

FOSS is the start. Then comes governance, culture, etc.

Sadly, I lived that experience on another FOSS project. Wish I had heard Cantrill before I committed to that effort.

I'm also deeply influenced by Pieter Hintjens. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pieter_Hintjens#Bibliography Ditto Clay Shirky, eg Here Comes Everyone.

Nadia Eghbal's research is on my reading list. https://nadiaeghbal.com/oss/ Having just skim read, it looks very insightful, cogent.