Terrific. I like it. Talking points are spot on. FWIW, I've used the term "citizen-owned software" for the same concept. On the stump, every one just grokked

Terrific. I like it. Talking points are spot on. FWIW, I've used the term "citizen-owned software" for the same concept. On the stump, every one just grokked "citizen-owned software". 15 years ago, I ran for office, advocating election integrity ("private voting, public counting"). Including replacing COTS with FOSS. My audiences were donors, politicos, editorial boards, and lots and lots of normal people. Explaining "FOSS" was a non-starter, so I switched to "citizen-owned software", which needed no explaining. Happy hunting.