The United Nations Secretary-General defines digital public goods as “open-source software, open data, open artificial intelligence (AI) models, open standards and open content that adhere to privacy and other applicable international and domestic laws, standards and best practices and do no harm.” Another recent essay defines digital public goods as “open source digital infrastructure that aims to serve as building blocks for a modern digital society.” 5 Regularly cited examples of digital public goods include Mojaloop, an “open source software for creating payment platforms that will help unbanked people access digital services”…
