"Both the challenges to a democratic internet and challenges to internet access make clear that good digital products accessible to us all are not natural byproducts of digitalisation. Instead, they require coordinated proactive and joint efforts by the global community in order to come into being. Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) presents an opportunity for global civil society to engage in this process of digital development, create transparency and empower its citizens. We need a global civil society to hold agency in co-creating the digital transformation. Free and Open Source Software is of huge potential to diversify the tech industry with many positive impacts, also for all of us: an open source focused, diversified digital ecosystem helps us in enhancing data security and fostering an independent, free internet. By following a multistakeholder approach, it limits the influence of monopolies, enables participation by start-ups and innovative new actors as well as civil society. FOSS is an approach to learning on both sides, and by sharing knowledge and innovation." (Foreword, page 2-3)