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Welcome: Pierre-Yves Gibello, lead of OW2!
We're excited to welcome Pierre-Yves Gibello to We Make Commons — a veteran of European open source infrastructure and Director of one of the continent's longest-running open source consortiums.
Welcome: Adriana Groh and Henri Verdier!
The digital commons movement is only as strong as the people who show up for it — and today we're thrilled to welcome two of its most tireless builders into the We Make Commons community: Henri Verdier and Adriana Groh.
Welcome: Kevin Jahns, Yjs maintainer and creator!
We're especially happy to welcome Kevin Jahns to We Make Commons — creator of Yjs, the CRDT framework that quietly powers real-time collaboration across a huge share of today's collaborative software.
Welcome: Michiel Leenaars from NLNet!
We Make Commons is thrilled to welcome Michiel Leenaars, one of Europe's most persistent advocates for funding the software infrastructure everyone relies on and almost nobody pays for.
Welcome: Yousef El Dadiry, BlockNote's creator!
We're delighted to welcome Yousef El Dadiry to We Make Commons — co-founder of BlockNote.js, the open source block-based rich text editor framework that gives developers a Notion-like editing experience without having…
Welcome: Emma Ghariani, DINUM's OSPO!
We're happy to welcome Emma Ghariani to We Make Commons, part of the team running the Open Source Program Office (OSPO) at DINUM, France's interministerial digital directorate.
Welcome: Carol Romero, Decidim's co-founder!
We're thrilled to welcome Carol Romero to We Make Commons, part of the community behind Decidim — the open source participatory democracy platform that started in Barcelona and has since spread to cities, regions, and…
Welcome: Pablo Ruiz Múzquiz, Penpot's founder!
We're proud to welcome Pablo Ruiz Múzquiz to We Make Commons — co-founder of Kaleidos and the driving force behind Penpot, the open source design and prototyping tool built as a genuine alternative to closed, propriet…
Welcome: Pierre Pezziardi co-creator of BetaGouv!
We're delighted to welcome Pierre Pezziardi to the We Make Commons community — one of the people most responsible for proving that public administrations can build software like a startup, in the open, and in the publ…
Welcome: Sam Paccoud, LaSuite's creator!
We're excited to welcome Sam Paccoud to We Make Commons, part of the team behind La Suite numérique — France's push to build a sovereign, open source alternative to the proprietary office and collaboration suites most…
Welcome: Tristan Nitot, founder of Mozilla Europe!
We're honored to welcome Tristan Nitot to We Make Commons — one of Europe's earliest and loudest advocates for free software, open standards, and a web that isn't owned by any single company.
Welcome: Sylvain Zimmer, CTO of La Suite Territoriale!
We're delighted to welcome Sylvain Zimmer, known widely as Sylvinus, to We Make Commons — a French engineer, open data advocate, and current CTO of La Suite Territoriale at the ANCT (Agence Nationale de la Cohésion de…