Plans for migration off GAFAM are unknown: Decidim should not run on GAFAM-type anti-participatory software/organisations

Context

The whole point of Decidim is that decision-making should not depend on authoritarian organisations. GAFAM/AAAMM [1] is the opposite of Decidim.

Bug

Migration proposals ([4] old/tech-only; [5] private) are difficult to find.

Dependencies

• Microsoft/GitHub (M in GAFAM)

• Metadecidim emails - SendGrid [6]

• Emails participant@decidim.org - Google (G in GAFAM)

• Amazon S3 AWS (A in GAFAM)

Migration to community software+servers [2] will likely cause disruptions. Failure to migrate would leave Decidim vulnerable to EEE [3] and fail to support the existing FOSS ecosystem. Migration plans should be combined non-tech + tech decisions: institutional support would likely require political/funding decisions.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GAFAM

[2] https://switching.software

[3] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Embrace%2c_extend%2c_and_extinguish

[4] https://github.com/decidim/decidim/discussions/9754

[5] https://meta.decidim.org/assemblies/eix-tech/f/86/debates/42

[6] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SendGrid