# Digital Public Good

A digital public good is open-source software, open data, open AI models, open standards, or open content that meets applicable privacy and legal practices and does no harm.

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## The Ecosystem Support Program's Next Chapter

DevFeed: [The Ecosystem Support Program's Next Chapter](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/the-ecosystem-support-program-s-next-chapter-17180.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://blog.ethereum.org/en/2025/08/29/esp-next-chapter>)

Author: Ethereum Foundation Ecosystem Support Program

Published: 2025-08-29T00:00:00Z

Content type: article

Language: en

Sources: [Ethereum Foundation Blog](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/ethereum-foundation-blog.md>)

Topics: [Ethereum](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/ethereum.md>), [Digital Public Good](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/digital-public-goods.md>)

Tags: [ecosystem-support-program](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ecosystem-support-program.md>), [ethereum](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ethereum.md>), [funding](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/funding.md>), [scope](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/scope.md>), [work](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/work.md>)

### AI overview

The Ethereum Foundation is redesigning its Ecosystem Support Program after application volume consumed much of the team's capacity. Open grant applications are temporarily paused while ESP shifts toward a more proactive, strategic funding approach; a new application process will be described in a future post.

### Source excerpt

The EF's Grants Program launched in 2018 and has evolved over time to become the Ecosystem Support Program (ESP), providing grants and support to builders that help the Ethereum ecosystem thrive. Our mission is to enable work that strengthens Ethereum's foundations and empowers future builders, in domains such as developer...

## Bringing open AI models to the frontier

DevFeed: [Bringing open AI models to the frontier](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/bringing-open-ai-models-to-the-frontier-6966.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://mistral.ai/news/about-mistral-ai/>)

Published: 2023-09-27T08:00:00Z

Content type: opinion

Language: en

Sources: [Mistral AI Blog](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/mistral-ai-blog.md>)

Topics: [Generative AI](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/generative-ai.md>), [AI Models](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/ai-models.md>), [Open Source](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/open-source.md>), [large-language-models](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/large-language-models.md>), [Development](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/development.md>), [Digital Public Good](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/digital-public-goods.md>), [Latency](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/latency.md>), [data](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/data.md>)

Tags: [ai](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ai.md>), [ai-models](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ai-models.md>), [data-privacy](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/data-privacy.md>), [generative](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/generative.md>), [language-models](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/language-models.md>), [latency](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/latency.md>), [model-development](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/model-development.md>), [models](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/models.md>), [open](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/open.md>), [open-source](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/open-source.md>)

### AI overview

Mistral AI argues that open generative AI models can provide a credible alternative to proprietary systems. It advocates training and openly releasing models, supporting community contributions, and adapting specialized models to specific tasks, modalities, costs, and latency requirements.

### Source excerpt

Why we're building Mistral AI.

## Open source software in the commercial world

DevFeed: [Open source software in the commercial world](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/open-source-software-in-the-commercial-world-40727.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://radek.io/posts/open-source-in-the-commercial-world/>)

Published: 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

Content type: opinion

Language: en

Sources: [Radek Pazdera](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/radek-pazdera.md>)

Topics: [Open Source](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/open-source.md>), [Software](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/software.md>), [Digital Public Good](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/digital-public-goods.md>)

Tags: [collaboration](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/collaboration.md>), [open-source](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/open-source.md>), [open-source-software](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/open-source-software.md>), [software](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/software.md>)

### AI overview

This opinion article examines how software evolved from proprietary source code treated as a core business asset toward open-source collaboration. It discusses programmers' need to inspect and learn from code, user concerns about software behavior, the influence of Richard Stallman and GNU, and the potential business benefits of collaborating on technology.

### Source excerpt

Crazy hippies and evil corporations