Re: Cyber resilience act

On Thursday, 11 January 2024 15:30:18 CET frances.tait wrote:
> Hi Paul,

Hello Frances,

> We=E2=80=99re planning a brief news item in our January Newsletter to ale=
rt people
> to what=E2=80=99s coming down the line on this. We don=E2=80=99t want to =
take a position,
> but want folk to know about it so they can prepare, and we=E2=80=99re gat=
hering
> links so they can inform themselves.. We wondered if KDE had thought about
> it at all or have something to add.
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> Here=E2=80=99s a link in case you hadn=E2=80=99t heard about it.
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> https://www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/press-room/20230717IPR03029/cyber-=
res
> ilience-act-meps-back-plan-to-boost-digital-products-security Cyber
> Resilience Act: MEPs back plan to boost digital products security | News |
> European Parliament europarl.europa.eu


Yes: KDE is cosignatory of the letter written by the Eclipse Foundation:

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1QM2m3OxMOI_WXM9JHQs2kvg0N8jcWLPHH2N5d8-=
nPcs

And we agree that the CRA, as drafted

1. would reduce the number of OSS projects available to European SMEs givin=
g=20
more power to large corporations;=20

2. wouled jeopardize the fragile equilibrium that benefits SMEs contributin=
g to=20
European innovations; =20

3. by barring FLOSS projects from the market, would probably have the oppos=
ite=20
effect from that intended and would not improve the security of products=20
available to consumers.

https://newsroom.eclipse.org/news/announcements/cra-should-support-open-pra=
ctices-open-source-and-development-european-open

I hope that helps. Need more details?

Cheers

Paul

P.S.: Belated Happy New Year!
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