Hi @gertGert V 🇵🇸 @fkinstituteFree Knowledge Institute, valid question of course. Given how the Googles and Facebooks of this world have benefitted from collective developments in the commons like GNU/Linux and so much more, without giving back too much really.

We need to take care that we avoid that trap while building up our collective resilience.

I think that we have two things to offer on this front: 1) focus on those 'gaps' or needs that we identify collectively that are important for our communities, 2) thinking of the fascinating match funding experience of Goteo. What they did with e.g. the City of BCN and also with several universities. They defined together what was needed in their community, made a Call, selected projects who then campaigned on https://Goteo.org. For every Euro brought in by citizens, the matcher doubles it. Goteo has mobilised > 24 million Euro, check them out. We seek to establish this kind of matchfunding programmes, designed by the communities themselves, around shared needs.