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Brussels plots open source push to pry Europe off Big Tech (www.theregister.com)
submitted 13 hours ago* (last edited 13 hours ago) by tonytins@pawb.social to c/technology@lemmy.world
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The European Commission has launched a fresh consultation into open source, setting out its ambitions for Europe's developer communities to go beyond propping up US tech giants' platforms.

In a "Call for Evidence" published this week, Brussels says the EU's reliance on non-European technology suppliers (read: US tech giants) has become a strategic liability, limiting choice, weakening competitiveness, and creating supply chain risks across everything from cloud services to critical infrastructure. The consultation, which will run from January 6 to February 3, is an early move toward a formal strategy on "European Open Digital Ecosystems," which would treat open source as core infrastructure rather than a nice-to-have.

According to the Commission, dependence on foreign vendors makes it harder for Europe to control its digital stack, potentially opening the door to security and resilience issues in sensitive sectors. Open source offers a way out of that bind by underpinning "a diverse portfolio of high-quality and secure digital solutions" that can act as viable alternatives to proprietary platforms, the EC said.

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[–] Rooty@lemmy.world 1 points 40 minutes ago

This should have been done 20 years ago, but better late than never.

[–] evol@lemmy.today 4 points 4 hours ago

Feel like they have been talking about this forever, maybe Trump will finally be the push they need.

[–] FauxLiving@lemmy.world 23 points 10 hours ago

This is absolutely massive for the FOSS community. A sovereign nation has resources that dwarf anything that the FOSS community has ever had access to.

Now, they just need to repeal the anti-circumvention laws. That'll cut the US tech sector deeply by allowing us to use the products that we pay for in the ways that we want.

[–] andrewrgross@slrpnk.net 22 points 11 hours ago

Thank fucking God that they're finally waking up. This is long overdue.

[–] redlemace@lemmy.world 29 points 13 hours ago

So the EC joins the usa boycot. Finally some good eu news. 'Bout time i might add.

[–] 7112@lemmy.world 14 points 12 hours ago* (last edited 12 hours ago) (1 children)

"Brussels spouts plan open..."

One day the headline will match my reading fails

[–] redlemace@lemmy.world 4 points 9 hours ago

Took me 3 readings to realize you did not write "brussel sprouts" (Now i'm sad, i love brussel sprouts)

[–] mannycalavera@feddit.uk 7 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

This is tinkering around the edges. Just fine Twitter millions a day for child sexual imagery. End of story. What are they fucking about for? Seriously, why the delay?

Millions. Millions a day. That will get their attention. Lord knows the actual law hasn't.

[–] HetareKing@piefed.social 4 points 8 hours ago

That sounds more like tinkering around the edges to me. Whipping companies like Twitter into behaving, while it absolutely needs to happen, won't fundamentally change anything about the dependency of Europe to those companies and the pressure the US can exert through that dependency.

[–] smeg 3 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

And in 10 years they'll agree to a small website that suggests that maybe Europe might want to open a place to store source code that's European hosted... In another five years.

[–] manxu@piefed.social 1 points 10 hours ago

You are not wrong. Methinks a lot of Europe's lack of digital infrastructure is related to the mountains of red tape every person and company in the EU has to face. It's really discouraging.