Re: Cyber resilience act

On Thursday, 18 January 2024 11:17:49 CET Tobias Morell wrote:
> Hi Paul,

Hi Tobias,


> thanks for your feedback. Very interesting.

You're welcome.

> I was wondering, whether the positions in the letter from September have
> been addressed in the latest draft from November in any way.

I am not sure.

The people to ask are at the FSFE. I have put on CC Matthias Kirschner (Hi=
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Matthias!). I am sure he will be able to put you in touch with the right=20
person who can answer all your questions.

Cheers

Paul

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> > Am 11.01.2024 um 20:07 schrieb Paul Brown <[email protected]>:
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> > On Thursday, 11 January 2024 15:30:18 CET frances.tait wrote:
> >> Hi Paul,
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> > Hello Frances,
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> >> We=E2=80=99re planning a brief news item in our January Newsletter to =
alert
> >> 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 =
gathering
> >> 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/cyb=
er-> >> res ilience-act-meps-back-plan-to-boost-digital-products-security C=
yber
> >> Resilience Act: MEPs back plan to boost digital products security | Ne=
ws
> >> | European Parliament europarl.europa.eu
> >=20
> > Yes: KDE is cosignatory of the letter written by the Eclipse Foundation:
> >=20
> > https://docs.google.com/document/d/1QM2m3OxMOI_WXM9JHQs2kvg0N8jcWLPHH2N=
5d8
> > -nPcs
> >=20
> > And we agree that the CRA, as drafted
> >=20
> > 1. would reduce the number of OSS projects available to European SMEs
> > giving more power to large corporations;
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> > 2. wouled jeopardize the fragile equilibrium that benefits SMEs
> > contributing to European innovations;
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> > 3. by barring FLOSS projects from the market, would probably have the
> > opposite effect from that intended and would not improve the security of
> > products available to consumers.
> >=20
> > https://newsroom.eclipse.org/news/announcements/cra-should-support-open=
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> > actices-open-source-and-development-european-open
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> > I hope that helps. Need more details?
> >=20
> > Cheers
> >=20
> > Paul
> >=20
> > P.S.: Belated Happy New Year!


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