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The aim is to understand the importance of software source code and develop a framework for digital sovereignty.

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May 8, 2026Open Access

From Dependence to Resilience: Building Ecumenical Digital Sovereignty for Software

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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

Software Heritage collects publicly available source code from numerous software projects and tracks their ongoing development. Outline1 Why software source code matters2 The regulation / infrastructure gap3 Ecumenical digital sovereignty4 Software Heritage: the ecumenical infrastructure5 From archive to strategic backbone6 A Very Large Telescope to explore the software development galaxy7 We (happen to) have the answer at arm’s reach8 A path forward, together

From Dependence to Resilience: Building Ecumenical Digital Sovereignty for Software

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