[FSFE PR][DE] Cyber Resilience Act: First committee backs FSFE demand to protect Free Software

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 = Cyber Resilience Act: First committee backs FSFE demand to protect Free Software =

[ Online lesen: https://fsfe.org/news/2023/news-20230629-01.de.html ]

The Internal Market and Consumer Protection Committee (IMCO) today
launched a landmark decision to protect Free Software developers in the
Cyber Resilience Act (CRA).

The Internal Market and Consumer Protection Committee (IMCO) today
launched a landmark decision to protect Free Software developers in the
Cyber Resilience Act (CRA). In September last year, the EU Commission
presented the CRA. The proposal to exclude Free Software “outside the
course of a commercial activity” would fail to address a large part of
software that will not be covered but is deployed. Furthermore, smaller
and non-profit projects would be harmed as they would have to bear major
costs. We, therefore, proposed a solution [1] that will lead to more
security while safeguarding the Free Software ecosystem:

1. Liability should be shifted to those deploying Free Software instead
   of those developing Free Software and

2. Those who significantly financially benefit from this deployment
   should make sure the software becomes CE-compliant

/Alexander Sander, FSFE Senior Policy Consultant explains:/ "The
Internal Market and Consumer Protection Committee, a committee for
opinion in CRA, has backed our demand and voted for the protection of
Free Software developers in the Cyber Resilience Act. We are
particularly delighted with the transfer of those protections into an
article and the precise description of how Free Software should be
protected in the future. The lead committee is now called upon to follow
this vote" /./   Shortly, the leading committee, Committee on Industry,
Research and Energy (ITRE), will define its position and submit it to
the plenary for a vote. After that, the trialogue with Parliament,
Council and Commission will begin in order to reach a final agreement.
At the same time, similar rules are being negotiated in the Product
Liability Directive (PLD). Here, too, FSFE is calling for the protection
of developers of Free Software [2]. We thank all those organisations and
individuals contributing to this position and making sure to safeguard
Free Software in those files.

 1: https://fsfe.org/news/2023/news-20230323-01.de.html
 2: https://fsfe.org/news/2023/news-20230323-01.html)

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