[Themaintainers] Workshop on OSS as Critical Digital Infrastructure - Legal Technologies & Institutional Design - Jan 14/15, 2020 at NYU Law

[Thomas Streinz]

With apologies for the additional email: Benedict Kingsbury's paper,
mentioned in the email below, is available here:
https://www.elgaronline.com/view/journals/cilj/8-2/cilj.2019.02.01.xml
We also prepared a shared folder with further materials that will be shared
with participants upon RSVP.

On Mon, Jan 13, 2020 at 11:19 AM Thomas Streinz <tfs253 at nyu.edu> wrote:

> Dear Maintainers,
>
> Tomorrow (from 2pm to 6pm) and on Wednesday (from 9am to 12:30pm), the Guarini
> Global Law & Tech <http://www.guariniglobal.org> initiative at NYU Law
> will be hosting a workshop on *open source software as critical digital
> infrastructure* with a focus on legal technologies (such as contracting,
> licensing, liability, procurement etc.) and institutional design
> (governance of knowledge commons, accountability of OSS foundations etc.).
> Our starting point is the idea of "thinking infrastructurally" about OSS
> (see Benedict Kingsbury's paper attached, pp. 177-184) and the related
> question of how to ensure the *maintenance of critical digital
> infrastructure*.
>
> *Maintainers are of course warmly invited to participate* (and sorry
> about the late notice!)*.* The format will be very informal and fluid
> with initial interventions (no formal presentations), followed by
> discussion centered on the themes of the four sessions. Please RSVP with *guariniglobal at nyu.edu
> <guariniglobal at nyu.edu>* so we have an idea of who will be joining us.
>
> Dates: Tuesday, January 14, 2pm-6pm; Wednesday, January 15, 9am-12:30pm
> Location: NYU Law, Vanderbilt Hall 208 (Tuesday) and 202 (Wednesday), 40
> Washington Square South, New York
> Contact: guariniglobal at nyu.edu
> Program: https://www.guariniglobal.org/oss-workshop
>
> This is part of a research agenda on OSS as critical digital
> infrastructure that the Ford & Sloan foundations are funding:
> https://www.fordfoundation.org/campaigns/critical-digital-infrastructure-research/ We
> are hosting a writing retreat for this today and tomorrow morning and
> several participants will join us for the workshop as well. So this will
> also be an opportunity to engage with and hear from OSS researchers from
> other disciplines.
>
> Best wishes for 2020,
> Thomas
>
> --
> Thomas Streinz
> Adjunct Professor of Law, NYU School of Law
> <https://its.law.nyu.edu/facultyprofiles/index.cfm?fuseaction=profile.overview&personid=40498>
> Executive Director, Guarini Global Law & Tech
> <http://www.guariniglobal.org>, Guarini Institute for Global Legal Studies
> Fellow, Institute for International Law and Justice <http://www.iilj.org>
> Wilf Hall, 139 MacDougal Street, Office 309, New York, NY 10012
> P: +1 212 998 6716 | M: +1 917 362 5583 | E: thomas.streinz at law.nyu.edu
>
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