### Anti-Capitalist Technology Frameworks *Research conducted: June 11, 2025* #### Key Insights 1. Standards development organizations demonstrate collaborative knowledge production that limits corporate dominance 2. Digital ecosocialism offers a comprehensive framework for transitioning to a socialist digital economy 3. Decentralization and socialization of technology can promote community-driven governance 4. Anti-capitalist software licensing presents a practical approach to challenging capitalist exploitation 5. Technological dynamism can be harnessed to benefit society as a whole rather than capitalist interests #### Citations and References 1. [The Anti-Capitalist Case for Standards](https://thereader.mitpress.mit.edu/the-anti-capitalist-case-for-standards/) - MIT Press Reader (2025-03-24) 2. [Anti-Capitalist Chronicles: When Technology Becomes A Business](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VoAEvZPaNSA) (2022-03-10) 3. [Anti-Capitalist Chronicles: Technological Dynamism](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Ay-bnxxRg4) - YouTube (2022-02-24) 4. [Digital Ecosocialism: Breaking the power of Big Tech](https://www.cetri.be/Digital-Ecosocialism-Breaking-the) 5. [The Path to Destroying Capitalism Might Go Through a Software License](https://www.vice.com/en/article/the-path-to-destroying-capitalism-might-go-through-a-software-license/) - VICE (2020-08-26) View full report

### Indigenous Digital Sovereignty *Research conducted: June 11, 2025* #### Key Insights 1. Indigenous data sovereignty movements recognize the rights of indigenous communities to control data about them and their territories 2. Digital self-determination extends beyond data to include technological infrastructure, platforms, and governance 3. Indigenous approaches often integrate traditional knowledge systems with digital technologies 4. Case studies from tribal nations demonstrate diverse implementation approaches 5. Policy frameworks and international declarations increasingly recognize indigenous digital rights #### Citations and References 1. [Indigenous Data Sovereignty and Policy](https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/edit/10.4324/9780429273957/indigenous-data-sovereignty-policy-maggie-walter-tahu-kukutai-stephanie-russo-carroll-desi-rodriguez-lonebear) - Taylor & Francis (2021-05-02) 2. [Digital Sovereignty: Aboriginal Peoples and the Future of the Internet](https://cira.ca/resources/state-internet/digital-sovereignty-aboriginal-peoples) - CIRA (2023-10-15) 3. [Indigenous Knowledge Systems and Data Sovereignty](https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10676-020-09537-z) - Ethics and Information Technology (2020-07-18) 4. [Tribal Technology Assessment: The State of Internet Service on Tribal Lands](https://aipi.asu.edu/sites/default/files/tribal_tech_assessment_compressed.pdf) - American Indian Policy Institute (2022-08-01) 5. [Indigenous Peoples in the Information Age: From Digital Divide to Data Sovereignty](https://www.routledge.com/indigenous-peoples-digital-rights/) - Routledge (2024-01-25) View full report

### Technology Commons Governance Models *Research conducted: June 11, 2025* #### Key Insights 1. Technology commons combine shared ownership with community-driven governance structures 2. Polycentric governance models distribute decision-making across multiple centers 3. Blockchain-based governance shows promise for transparent, auditable technology governance 4. Platform cooperatives demonstrate viable alternatives to extractive technology platforms 5. Various stewardship models provide frameworks for long-term commons maintenance #### Citations and References 1. [Governing the Commons: The Evolution of Institutions for Collective Action](https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/governing-the-commons/A8BB63BC4A1433A50A3FB92EDBBB97D5) - Cambridge University Press (1990) 2. [Platform Cooperativism: Challenging the Corporate Sharing Economy](https://rosaluxspba.org/en/platform-cooperativism-2/) - Rosa Luxemburg Stiftung (2016) 3. [Patterns of Commoning](https://www.bollier.org/patterns-of-commoning) - Commons Strategy Group (2015) 4. [Blockchain Governance: Programming Our Future](https://hackernoon.com/blockchain-governance-programming-our-future-c3bfe30f2d74) - Hackernoon (2024-01-11) 5. [Community Rule: A Template for Peer Governance](https://communityrule.info/) - Community Rule (2023-04-30) View full report

### Open Source Large Language Models Community *Research conducted: June 5, 2025* #### Key Insights 1. Open source LLMs offer transparency and customization capabilities that proprietary models cannot match 2. Community-driven development is central to open source LLM advancement, with projects like LLM360 advocating for community-owned AGI 3. Leading open source models include LLaMA 3.1 (8B-405B parameters), BLOOM (176B parameters), and Falcon 180B 4. These models support multilingual capabilities and extensive context lengths (up to 128K tokens) 5. While there may be performance trade-offs compared to proprietary models, open source LLMs provide flexibility in deployment and mitigate vendor lock-in risks #### Citations and References 1. [Awesome-LLM: a curated list of Large Language Model](https://github.com/Hannibal046/Awesome-LLM) - GitHub 2. [LLM360 | Community-Driven AGI via Open-Source LLMs](https://www.llm360.ai) 3. [Open Source Large Language Models - Industry Insider](https://insider.govtech.com/texas/sponsored/open-source-large-language-models) (2024-05-10) 4. [Top 10 open source LLMs for 2025 - NetApp Instaclustr](https://www.instaclustr.com/education/open-source-ai/top-10-open-source-llms-for-2025/) 5. [Essential open source large language models to watch in 2025](https://pieces.app/blog/open-source-llms) (2024-12-13) View full report