Gregory's ServerWe're concerned that language in the proposed European Cyber Resilience Act may cause problems for public open source repositories like the ones we host. Please read and share: https://pyfound.blogspot.com/2023/04/the-eus-proposed-cra-law-may-have.html
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@futureisfoss @ThePSF
And "Follow the Money" instead of "Follow the Code" isnt a unknown tactic, frequently applied in other fields also, like the war on drugs. The ruling class fears the uprising of the working class and therefore seeks to control the latter. Control over software is a part of that which is why the EU (a reactionary vehicle of the ruling class) seeks ways to suppress software freedom. It is necessary to overthrow the EU and capitalism to save the free software ecosystem. A socialist perspective is needed for that. Study the World Socialist Website: https://wsws.org  @futureisfoss @ThePSF considering mostly unpaid people liable for anything is ludicrous, perhaps we should start adding anti-comercial licenses to stuff  This should be translated into all necessary Europan languages and then passed on to respective groups - otherwise major parts of South and East will not get to have this on their radar.
 @ThePSF hey, the product liability directive already excludes OSS   All EU legislative proposals are publicly accessible. See Recital 13 of the proposal: https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX%3A52022PC0495  |
@ThePSF
> If the proposed law is enforced as currently written, the authors of open-source components might bear legal and financial responsibility for the way their components are applied in someone elseโs commercial product. The existing language makes no differentiation between independent authors who have never been paid for the supply of software and corporate tech behemoths selling products in exchange for payments from end-users.
Okay, this sounds pretty bad for the FOSS community! ๐จ