Python Software FoundationApr 11, 2023
We're concerned that language in the proposed European Cyber Resilience Act may cause problems for public open source repositories like the ones we host. Please read and share: https://pyfound.blogspot.com/2023/04/the-eus-proposed-cra-law-may-have.html
The EU's Proposed CRA Law May Have Unintended Consequences for the Python Ecosystem

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Show threadRokosunApr 12, 2023

@ThePSF

> If the proposed law is enforced as currently written, the authors of open-source components might bear legal and financial responsibility for the way their components are applied in someone else’s commercial product. The existing language makes no differentiation between independent authors who have never been paid for the supply of software and corporate tech behemoths selling products in exchange for payments from end-users.

Okay, this sounds pretty bad for the FOSS community! 😨

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@futureisfoss @ThePSF
And "Follow the Money" instead of "Follow the Code" isnt a unknown tactic, frequently applied in other fields also, like the war on drugs.
Apr 12, 2023 at 4:58amWeb