[cooperation-wg] Cyber Resilience Act effects on OSS on agenda of open source-wg

Dear cooperation working group,

I'd like to call your attention to my talk on the draft agenda of the
open source wg this Wednesday, because I believe it may be of interest 
to members of this group:

On 10/10/2022 18:47, Marcos Sanz wrote:
> Agenda RIPE 85 Open Source WG Session
> Wednesday, October 26, 10:30 -  11:30 (CEST)
> [..]
> B. "Cyber Resilience Act effects on OSS", Maarten Aertsen, NLnet
> Labs
> 
> NLnet Labs is closely following a legislative proposal by the 
> European Commission affecting almost all hardware and software on the
> European market. The Cyber Resilience Act intends to ensure 
> cybersecurity of products with digital elements by laying down 
> requirements and obligation for economic operators.
> 
> In this short talk you'll learn what to expect in the Cyber 
> Resilience Act and why this proposal may matter to you as a developer
> or user of open source software. If so, let's make sure that policy
> makers take into account its effects on open source development by
> professional organisations and volunteers alike.
> 
> Do get in touch with Maarten when you have similar concerns, want to 
> team up or can help us to provide technical expertise in the right 
> places.

If you would like to read a little more on the topic, Olaf Kolkman has 
just published a blog post on the same topic at the Internet Society 
blog [1].

I'm new to this community: don't be shy and talk to me :-)

kind regards, Maarten

[1] 
https://www.internetsociety.org/blog/2022/10/the-eus-proposed-cyber-resilience-act-will-damage-the-open-source-ecosystem/

-- 
Maarten Aertsen
   senior internet technologist, NLnet Labs