<div dir="auto">Thanks for setting that up, can we add it to the website ad an event or news item? That way it can be shared on social media and email lists.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">The missing voice on this discussion (and osgeo in general) is the small and medium business owners.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">A whole bunch of the concern is the impact on small and medium business owners. We have not yet heard from our service providers and sponsors on this subject.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">As a North American I have concern(s) and care - but am not sure how to support this process. </div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Jody</div><div dir="auto"><br><div class="gmail_quote" dir="auto"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Fri, Aug 18, 2023 at 3:39 AM Angelos Tzotsos via Board <<a href="mailto:board@lists.osgeo.org">board@lists.osgeo.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-style:solid;padding-left:1ex;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204)">Hi all,<br>
<br>
We are planning to make a community meeting about the EU CRA, so we can <br>
discuss our action plan forward.<br>
<br>
The meeting is planned for Tuesday 22 Aug 13:00 UTC in our Jitsi room:<br>
<a href="https://meet.jit.si/OSGeo" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://meet.jit.si/OSGeo</a><br>
<br>
Best,<br>
Angelos<br>
<br>
On 7/22/23 00:20, Adam Steer via Discuss wrote:<br>
> Hi OSGeo<br>
><br>
> The European Union's proposed Cyber Resilience Act has just come to the<br>
> attention of many non-EU folks as a potential dampener on open source<br>
> geospatial software development and usage. A summary from GitHub is here<br>
> (thanks Marco Bernasocchi for pointing it out):<br>
><br>
> <a href="https://github.blog/2023-07-12-no-cyber-resilience-without-open-source-sustainability/" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://github.blog/2023-07-12-no-cyber-resilience-without-open-source-sustainability/</a><br>
><br>
> It's being discussed in the OSGeo board, and some responses from other<br>
> open source organisations have already been made, for example:<br>
> <a href="https://newsroom.eclipse.org/news/announcements/open-letter-european-commission-cyber-resilience-act" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://newsroom.eclipse.org/news/announcements/open-letter-european-commission-cyber-resilience-act</a><br>
><br>
> It would be great to hear your thoughts on the impact of the proposed<br>
> legislation on open source geospatial software development across the<br>
> globe - so we can form an appropriate community response as soon as<br>
> possible. What are your thoughts?<br>
><br>
> Yes, we're late in gettung our attention on to this. Hopefully not too<br>
> late.<br>
><br>
> Thanks,<br>
><br>
> Adam<br>
><br>
> --<br>
> Dr. Adam Steer<br>
> OSGeo director<br>
><br>
><br>
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-- <br>
Angelos Tzotsos, PhD<br>
President<br>
Open Source Geospatial Foundation<br>
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</blockquote></div></div><span class="gmail_signature_prefix">-- </span><br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div>--</div><div>Jody Garnett</div></div></div></div></div>