<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">Yes - I agree it is important.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">It is pretty obvious for us (and the European governments), that the US government (with a lot of influence on the US economy) is not anymore a reliable partner. So I believe Open Source and other European software alternatives to US commercial software where Europe is dependent on is probably of quite some importance.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">PSC will try to submit something before the deadline.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">Andreas</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, 21 Jan 2026 at 05:20, Valentin Buira via QGIS-PSC <<a href="mailto:qgis-psc@lists.osgeo.org">qgis-psc@lists.osgeo.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="auto">Hi Saber<div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Thanks a lot for bringing the topic, I submitted my feedback as an individual. </div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Now I strongly suggest the PSC to do so as well for QGIS. Because from the way the call for evidence is worded, it is very obvious (and explicit even) that it's preliminary work for a new a new law on open source. </div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">QGIS has this unique ability to trickle down on so many disciplines, and in the end on the life of people</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">*If the EU is putting open source software on its strategic road map*, this could mean securing new funding for QGIS. And it would benefit to the QGIS project worldwide. </div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">And it could also help to deter side effects of this future regulation. What I mean by that, it would be cool to avoid the same burden as the Cyber Resilience Act(CRA) </div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">P.S: The deadline for submitting a feedback is on 3 February, so it's getting closer. [1]</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">P.P.S: I also recently suggested the creation of a Europe QGIS user group with potential perks for the EU [2]</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Cheers, </div><div dir="auto">Valentin </div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">[1] <a href="https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/16213-European-Open-Digital-Ecosystems_en" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/16213-European-Open-Digital-Ecosystems_en</a></div><div dir="auto">[2] <a href="https://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/qgis-user/2026-January/055990.html" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/qgis-user/2026-January/055990.html</a></div></div>
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