The European Commission sees open-source software as more than an IT tool. Policy makers are encouraging open-source ecosystems to drive innovation, autonomy and collaboration in a world where global trade is being redrawn.
This trade dispute highlights something most open-source advocates have known for years: open source is freedom. It’s freedom from monopolies, freedom from arbitrary pricing, and freedom from foreign influence.
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cyberblob@discuss.tchncs.de · 1 pts · 1y
The only major ongoing initiative I know of is the one from the german federal state Schleswig-Holstein. At least they are pulling through.
mwguy@infosec.exchange · 1 pts · 1y
@cyberblob @cm0002 Unfortunately Europe is a lot of talk and very little action.
FarraigePlaisteach@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 1y
I hope that’s the case. In the early 2000’s there were so many stories of institutional migrations to FOSS that I thought we’d be done by now!
The Upgrde to Freedom campaign mentioned seems to be a SUSE initiative, or at least I can’t find mention of it elsewhere. https://news.opensuse.org/category/upgrade-to-freedom/