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<p>Dear all,</p>
<p>I would like to share with you the press release and statement of
the Open Source Business Alliance (OSBA), a non-profit
organisation based in Germany, which represents companies and
organizations developing, building and using Open Source Software.
The German Local Chapter of OSGeo, the FOSSGIS e.V. is member of
the OSBA organisation since 2022.<br>
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<p>Press release:
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://osb-alliance.de/english/statement-on-the-cyber-resilience-act">https://osb-alliance.de/english/statement-on-the-cyber-resilience-act</a><br>
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<p>Statement:
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://osb-alliance.de/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/OSB-Alliance-Statement-on-the-CRA.pdf">https://osb-alliance.de/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/OSB-Alliance-Statement-on-the-CRA.pdf</a></p>
<p>As the current CRA is still under discussion and there are still
opportunities to address the issues towards the EU and EU member
states I would like to propose that (all) European OSGeo local
chapters develop a joint declaration/statement and share this
within the local communities. <br>
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<p>Cheers</p>
<p>Torsten<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">Am 09.08.23 um 00:02 schrieb Jody
Garnett via Discuss:<br>
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<div dir="ltr"> Dear all,</div>
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<div dir="ltr">A lot of very good thoughts on this thread (and
online).</div>
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<div dir="ltr">I have been thinking a bit more on this. As
Luís highlights while there are steps to take to be clear with
our license the result would end up not being useful / legal in
Europe (which defeats OSGeo vision of empowering everyone with
free and open source geospatial goodness).</div>
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<div dir="ltr">a) The CRA treating everything as a supplier
arrangement is a problem. It is disrespectful to be treated as a
supplied rather than a respected commons (or even labour.)</div>
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<div dir="ltr">If we borrow a tool from labour - what would
adopting a work-to-rule practice for Europe?</div>
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<li>Delay downloads by two weeks (simulation of anticipated
certification overhead)</li>
<li>Release source code to Europe but not the digital
downloads (respect Free and Open Source license and provide
a taste of VPN future)</li>
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<div dir="ltr">Aside: I use the word disrespectful to help
indicated the violation of the social norms asserted with our
community. We should be offended that after creating so much
value for Europe regulation is being setup to require more
from our community. </div>
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<div dir="ltr">b) The proposed CRA certification SME to declare
technology used. This technically sets up a "dependency list"
showing the open-source used by each organization. </div>
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<div dir="ltr">Could this be used in a Robbin Hood manner to
direct funding where needed:</div>
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<li>Use such insight to support projects that are underfunded
for their level of importance to European Economy</li>
<li>Use tax dollars, or certification fees from industry, to
scale funding to match use of free and open source
technologies</li>
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<div dir="ltr">Aside: This is what I mean about seeking economic
solutions for the root cause (underfunded open-source projects
used in critical or economically important systems).</div>
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<div>Jody Garnett</div>
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<div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Aug 3, 2023 at 12:43:59 AM,
Luís Moreira de Sousa via Discuss <<a
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class="moz-txt-link-freetext">discuss@lists.osgeo.org</a>>
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<div> Dear all,<br>
<br>
hours ago, Wordpress, Joomla, Drupal and TYPO3 published
an open letter on the CRA painting a scenario similar to
the worst case I put forth here last week. Not only are
FOSS projects threatened, thousands of European SMEs will
either perish or move on to wholesale commercial software
in the wake of this legislation. Essentially, we are
speaking of the companies that contribute to fund OSGeo
and sponsor the FOSS4G.<br>
<br>
<a
href="https://wordpress.org/news/files/2023/08/Open_Letter_on_the_Significance_of_Free_and_Open_Source_Software_in_the_EU_s_Proposed_Cyber_Resilience_Act.pdf"
moz-do-not-send="true" class="moz-txt-link-freetext">https://wordpress.org/news/files/2023/08/Open_Letter_on_the_Significance_of_Free_and_Open_Source_Software_in_the_EU_s_Proposed_Cyber_Resilience_Act.pdf</a><br>
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I am becoming increasingly concerned by this. I would
exhort every charter member in Europe to get thoroughly
informed and seek advice from trade guilds or unions and
enterprise associations or federations.<br>
<br>
Regards,<br>
<br>
Luís<br>
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