Statement about the EU Cyber Resilience Act https://bits.debian.org/2023/12/debian-statement-cyber-resillience-act.md.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon
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"...The report confirms the Commission's proposal to include all products with digital elements. It underlines however the importance to ensure that developers of **open source** software are **excluded** from the scope if they are not receiving any financial returns for their projects."
@amarok A requirement like "if they are not receiving any financial returns" does not make sense here, who knows if someone got paid to do some work. Probably the people who wrote that do not understand the concept of free software.
As the Debian statement says, free software is a gift to society. It is a terrible idea to put burdens on those who make free software.
