Francis Muguet is dead reports Mathieu Pasquini on InLibroVeritas Bibliotheca. He explored with passion the paths of a democratic internet. He was a hearty innovator and a social engineer. As promoters of the mutualized funding of creation, we did not express enough how much we are indebted to him, beyond some disagreements on details. The future works funding side of the creative contribution and more generally the idea of mobilizing internet users in favour of the equitable funding of creation took much inspiration from the mécénat global. Now, it is too late to make him know better. What can I say? Never wait to tell a friend how much we owe him.