OSI Policy Team

RE: @jmaris@eupolicy.social

Our EU Policy Analyst @jmaris@eupolicy.social live-tooted the release of the EU's Tech Sovereignty package today! We'll have more analysis on the package and what it means for Open Source in the coming days!

As disinformation, hate speech and censorship dominate traditional social media platforms, Member of the European Parliament @alexandrageese@bonn.social joins Mastodon ED @mellifluousbox@mastodon.social, @samvie@chaos.social, founder of @offene_netzwerke@eupolicy.social, and @jmaris@eupolicy.social to discuss the different ways the EU’s #DigitalServicesAct (#DSA) and the #Fediverse aim to combat these problems!

Find us in the #EUpolicy devroom all day Sunday (UA2118)

The OSI is meeting with lawmakers and staffers at the #EuropeanParliament today, for a breakfast devoted to the #EU #SovereignTechFund, a proposal to provide sustainable funding for the maintenance of #OpenSource software!

Read the proposal, which OSI is supporting, here 🔗⬇️
https://opensource.org/blog/investing-in-open-source-sustainability-osi-supports-open-forum-europes-eu-sovereign-tech-fund-proposal

[JM]

#EUpol

As part of the #OSI's engagement as a knowledge partner in the #G7, the OSI's Executive Director, Duane O'Brien addressed G7 ministers today at the meeting of G7 #Digital and #Technology ministers in #Paris. We look forward to sharing more about our work at the G7 soon!

The European Commission's proposal to provide funding for the Commercialisation of Open Source in Europe is a great thing both for Europe's digital autonomy and for Open Source sustainability.

It is the result of a multi-year educational and advocacy effort by Open Source organisations in Brussels, including the OSI!

https://www.euractiv.com/news/commission-wants-to-commercialise-open-source-for-sovereignty/

#EUpol #OpenSource #OpenSourceSustainability

[JM]

Along with @mozilla@mastodon.social, @wikimediafoundation@wikimedia.social, @communia@eupolicy.social, @nextcloud@mastodon.xyz and others, the @osi@social.opensource.org drafted a letter on how Europe can leverage #OpenSourceAI.

Our recommendations:
🤝 Reform public procurement to take into account the benefits of #OpenSource
💶 Fund Open Source solutions
💻 Get Open Source devs access to compute
💾 Unlock public domain data while protecting privacy and personal data
🔧 Build capacity in public and private sectors to use Open Source solutions!

[jm]

The #OSI has shared its views on #AgeVerification in Operating systems in an Open Letter also signed by the, FreeBSD foundation, Apereo Foundation, Open Source Technology Improvement Fund (OSTIF), and the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF)

Read it here⬇️ 🔗

https://opensource.org/blog/open-source-organizations-weigh-in-on-age-attestation

Part of a company, foundation or other organisation that does #OpenSource?

The #EU are seeking feedback to prepare their proposal for "Security Attestations for Open Source", a potential revenue source for Open Source #foundations and Communities!

We'll share more info on the Commission's proposal soon!

Give your feedback here ⬇️

https://ec.europa.eu/eusurvey/runner/CRA-Attestation-Survey-2026-FOSDEM

[JM]

#CRA #CyberResilienceAct

The most important part of the forthcoming EU standards for the Cyber Resilience Act - on Vulnerability Handling - is now open for public comment across Europe. Our network of #OpenSource contributors to the #CRA and its #Standards has made a page collecting the links to the place you can review in your country. You have until the start of February, so look before #'FOSDEM!

https://pad.softwarefreedom.net/pad/#/2/pad/view/rnmTsKqw555zO0ukEvWWhgdthlI7b5mxGUqZE3pTSYg/embed/

The OSI is present today at preparatory negotiations for the #G7 which will take place later this year in Evian, France. We have been invited to share our views on #OpenSource software and #AI. [JM]

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