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Re:The EU's new Cyber Resilience Act is about to tell us how... by Longlius on Friday March 03, 2023 @12:00PM (#35012160)
This article points out that this doesn't just apply to companies. If you maintain an open-source project and accept donations, then you're potentially affected as well.
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Re:The EU's new Cyber Resilience Act is about to tell us how... by fabianhjr on Friday March 03, 2023 @01:14PM (#35013131)
Adoption of open source, most open source licenses already come with broad waivers so compliance would fall mostly on the adopters.
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Re:The EU's new Cyber Resilience Act is about to tell us how... by ahubert on Friday March 03, 2023 @01:38PM (#35013401)
that's not how the act works, sorry.
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Re:The EU's new Cyber Resilience Act is about to tell us how... by fabianhjr on Friday March 03, 2023 @01:44PM (#35013458)
Article 6, Numeral 2 "In determining the level of cybersecurity risk, one or several of the following criteria shall be taken into account" seems very reasonable in scope and wouldn't include most open source/free software.
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