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Cyber Resilience Act: EU Commission provides more clarity for open source
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HaraldvonBlauzahn feddit.org HaraldvonBlauzahn@feddit.org
Joined: 2025-04-04
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Link: https://www.heise.de/en/news/Cyber-Resilience-Act-EU-Commission-provides-more-clarity-for-open-source-11381056.html
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Ithral lemmy.blahaj.zone Ithral@lemmy.blahaj.zone
Joined: 2024-03-31
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The Commission is trying to allay these fears. Freely available open-source software generally does not fall under the CRA as long as it is not brought to market as part of a commercial activity. It now explains when such an activity exists. Anyone who sells open-source software, offers paid enterprise versions, or monetizes other services through a program is considered a manufacturer in the sense of the CRA.

Nice, seems like this will end up being hugely beneficial
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eldavi lemmy.ml eldavi@lemmy.ml
Joined: 2023-07-18
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Ithral wrote:
The Commission is trying to allay these fears. Freely available open-source software generally does not fall under the CRA as long as it is not brought to market as part of a commercial activity. It now explains when such an activity exists. Anyone who sells open-source software, offers paid enterprise versions, or monetizes other services through a program is considered a manufacturer in the s...

the europeans are the only ones besides the american gov't w the institutional weight to force the tech giants to behave and i hope they follow through this time.
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