Re: Cyber resilience act

Hi Paul,

thanks for your feedback. Very interesting.

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

If we understand it correctly, authors of OS and non-profit projects are =
mostly off the hook. We probably haven=E2=80=99t looked as deep into =
things as you have.=20

Cheers
Tobias



> 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/cyber-r=
es
>> 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
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> Yes: KDE is cosignatory of the letter written by the Eclipse =
Foundation:
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https://docs.google.com/document/d/1QM2m3OxMOI_WXM9JHQs2kvg0N8jcWLPHH2N5d8=
-nPcs
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> And we agree that the CRA, as drafted
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> 1. would reduce the number of OSS projects available to European SMEs =
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> more power to large corporations;=20
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> 2. wouled jeopardize the fragile equilibrium that benefits SMEs =
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> European innovations; =20
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> 3. by barring FLOSS projects from the market, would probably have the =
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> effect from that intended and would not improve the security of =
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> available to consumers.
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https://newsroom.eclipse.org/news/announcements/cra-should-support-open-pr=
actices-open-source-and-development-european-open
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> I hope that helps. Need more details?
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> Cheers
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> Paul
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> P.S.: Belated Happy New Year!
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