From Dependence to Resilience: Building Ecumenical Digital Sovereignty for Software

Key Points

• The aim is to understand the importance of software source code and develop a framework for digital sovereignty.
• Investigated regulatory and infrastructure gaps in software development.
• Outlined the concept of ecumenical digital sovereignty.
• Analyzed the role of Software Heritage in supporting these initiatives.
• Highlighted the significance of software source code to contemporary development.
• Proposed Software Heritage as a critical infrastructure for digital sovereignty.
• Identified pathways for collaboration to enhance software resilience.

Abstract