The #DigitalCommons European Digital Infrastructure Consortium (#EDIC) is taking shape with more countries joining, a newly appointed Director, and its first projects — including a pilot for a European #SovereignTechFund.

Congratulations to Laurent Rojey on his appointment as Director of the DC EDIC. His appointment was unanimously approved by the General Assembly of the founding Member States.

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We have wrapped up the two successful days of #fossbackstage -
#EOSAwards consortium with Nicholas Gates(@OpenForumEurope ) leading two talks on #opensource in #localgovernment and #european sovereign tech fund.

#foss #opensource #fossbackstage #beyondcode #opensourceprojects #networking #opensourcecommunity #sovereigntechfund #governance

Come say hi at our FOSDEM stand! 👋
This is the first time we’re hosting one, so we’re pretty excited to be there today. If you’re around, stop by our booth in building K, first level.
Our team will be on site all day to chat, answer questions, and share more about the Sovereign Tech Agency, our programs like the #SovereignTechFund, #SovereignTechResilience, & #SovereignTechFellowship

@discombobulateme @gharbeia @hzulla

#fosdem26

The OSI is meeting with lawmakers and staffers at the #EuropeanParliament today, for a breakfast devoted to the #EU #SovereignTechFund, a proposal to provide sustainable funding for the maintenance of #OpenSource software!

Read the proposal, which OSI is supporting, here 🔗⬇️
https://opensource.org/blog/investing-in-open-source-sustainability-osi-supports-open-forum-europes-eu-sovereign-tech-fund-proposal

[JM]

#EUpol

The #blog post "Verify Arch Linux artifacts using VOA/OpenPGP" has been published:

https://devblog.archlinux.page/2026/verify-arch-linux-artifacts-using-voa-openpgp/

#ArchLinux #SovereignTechFund #STF #devblog #OpenPGP #RustLang #DigitalSignature #Verification #VOA

Together with @hko I have worked on the "File Hierarchy for the Verification of OS Artifacts" (#VOA) in 2024 and 2025.

This #STF ( @sovtechfund ) funded #specification and #ReferenceImplementation (🦀) enables technology and distribution agnostic verification of OS artifacts.

In this #blog post we are looking into the #verification of #ArchLinux artifacts, using the `voa` #CLI and its #OpenPGP backend:
https://devblog.archlinux.page/2026/verify-arch-linux-artifacts-using-voa-openpgp/

#devblog #RustLang #SovereignTechFund #DigitalSignature #packaging

The #blog post "A year of work on the ALPM project" has been released:

https://devblog.archlinux.page/2026/a-year-of-work-on-the-alpm-project/

#ArchLinux #OpenPGP #RustLang #SovereignTechFund #STF #VOA #devblog

Together with @hko @j-g00da, @orhun and @Nukesor I have been working on the #ALPM and #VOA projects in 2024 and 2025.

This #SovereignTechFund ( @sovtechfund ) funded work has recently come to a close.

You can read all about what was achieved and plans for future work on the #ArchLinux #devblog: https://devblog.archlinux.page/2026/a-year-of-work-on-the-alpm-project/

#OpenPGP #packaging #DigitalSignature #Verification #STF #blog #RustLang

Updates to my #Wayland Breakage article: compatibility layers, solutions, and non-solutions:
https://www.draketo.de/software/wayland-breakage

As PDF in case you want to pin it to a blackboard:
https://www.draketo.de/software/wayland-breakage.pdf

(these updates are adapted from my answers in discussions here on Mastodon, so thank you for your comments!)

#programming #software #infrastructure #SovereignTechFund