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Maarten Aertsen<p>Updated <a href="https://techpolicy.social/tags/ProductLiabilityDirective" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ProductLiabilityDirective</span></a> published in the Official Journal of the EU: <a href="https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/HTML/?uri=OJ:L_202402853" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-conten</span><span class="invisible">t/EN/TXT/HTML/?uri=OJ:L_202402853</span></a> to be transposed into national law by member states by Dec 9, 2026.<br>See recital 13 and 14 for the <a href="https://techpolicy.social/tags/opensource" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>opensource</span></a> bits shaping the scope.</p>
Deb Bryant<p>Coming to FOSDEM 2025; the second edition of the EU-Policy DevRoom has been approved, and once again in collaboration with EU policy officials. Call for Papers is open! please share the news, see the CFP for details. <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/opensource" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>opensource</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/floss" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>floss</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/techpolicy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>techpolicy</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/CyberResilienceAct" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CyberResilienceAct</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/AIAct" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AIAct</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/ProductLiabilityDirective" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ProductLiabilityDirective</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/DataAct" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DataAct</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/InteroperableEurope" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>InteroperableEurope</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/DigitalMarkets" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DigitalMarkets</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Chips" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Chips</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/OSPOs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OSPOs</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/PublicProjects" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PublicProjects</span></a> <a href="https://softwarefreedom.net/fosdem-25-cfp" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">softwarefreedom.net/fosdem-25-</span><span class="invisible">cfp</span></a></p>
Mattis van 't Schip<p>Apologies: it seems that the actual vote is this afternoon, between 12:30-13:30 Strasbourg time.<br>I also see the New <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/ProductLiabilityDirective" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ProductLiabilityDirective</span></a> on the list!</p><p><a href="https://www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/agenda/weekly-agenda" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">europarl.europa.eu/news/en/age</span><span class="invisible">nda/weekly-agenda</span></a></p><p><a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/CyberResilienceAct" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CyberResilienceAct</span></a></p>
Ralf Bendrath<p>Next week, the European Parliament will adopt three more laws that address the digital sphere: The <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/AIAct" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AIAct</span></a> (1st worldwide law to regulate AI, including bans on certain use-cases), the revision of the <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/ProductLiabilityDirective" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ProductLiabilityDirective</span></a> (now also covering software and certain types of files), and the <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/CyberResilienceAct" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CyberResilienceAct</span></a> (introducing rules for manufacturers to ensure cybersecurity throughout the life cycle of their products). <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://social.network.europa.eu/@EP_GreensEFA" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>EP_GreensEFA</span></a></span> have called for some of these measures for 10+ years, so finally...😀</p>
Hans-Christoph Steiner<p>I am not a lawyer. <a href="https://social.librem.one/tags/CRA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CRA</span></a> is <a href="https://social.librem.one/tags/CyberResilienceAct" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CyberResilienceAct</span></a> and <a href="https://social.librem.one/tags/PLD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PLD</span></a> is <a href="https://social.librem.one/tags/ProductLiabilityDirective" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ProductLiabilityDirective</span></a>.</p>
Maarten Aertsen<p>The consolidated text on the <a href="https://techpolicy.social/tags/ProductLiabilityDirective" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ProductLiabilityDirective</span></a> is now publicly available:</p><p><a href="https://data.consilium.europa.eu/doc/document/ST-5809-2024-INIT/en/pdf" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">data.consilium.europa.eu/doc/d</span><span class="invisible">ocument/ST-5809-2024-INIT/en/pdf</span></a></p>
Maarten Aertsen<p>Come experiment with us at <a href="https://techpolicy.social/tags/FOSDEM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FOSDEM</span></a>: we’re bringing policy makers and developers together in an EU policy devroom to discuss impending legislation with relevance to <a href="https://techpolicy.social/tags/foss" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>foss</span></a>. There are four two-hour blocks you can attend, on Sunday Feb 4th.</p><p>First in the morning: discuss <a href="https://techpolicy.social/tags/CyberResilienceAct" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CyberResilienceAct</span></a> and <a href="https://techpolicy.social/tags/ProductLiabilityDirective" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ProductLiabilityDirective</span></a> implementation with their authors and join a workshop. Some lightning talks will get us started.</p><p>And there’s more! Schedule available at:<br><a href="https://fosdem.org/2024/schedule/track/eu-policy/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">fosdem.org/2024/schedule/track</span><span class="invisible">/eu-policy/</span></a></p>
EURACTIV Technology<p>EU updates product liability regime to include software, Artificial Intelligence <a href="https://www.euractiv.com/section/digital/news/eu-updates-product-liability-regime-to-include-software-artificial-intelligence/?utm_source=dlvr.it&amp;utm_medium=mastodon" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">euractiv.com/section/digital/n</span><span class="invisible">ews/eu-updates-product-liability-regime-to-include-software-artificial-intelligence/?utm_source=dlvr.it&amp;utm_medium=mastodon</span></a> <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/artificialintelligence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>artificialintelligence</span></a> <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/burdenofproof" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>burdenofproof</span></a> <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/ProductLiabilityDirective" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ProductLiabilityDirective</span></a></p>
Free Software Foundation Europe<p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AIAct" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AIAct</span></a> vote: <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FreeSoftware" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FreeSoftware</span></a> is given safeguards, these rules must now be defended in the trilogue and transferred to the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/CyberResilienceAct" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CyberResilienceAct</span></a> and the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ProductLiabilityDirective" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ProductLiabilityDirective</span></a>.</p><p><a href="https://fsfe.org/news/2023/news-20230614-01.html" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">fsfe.org/news/2023/news-202306</span><span class="invisible">14-01.html</span></a></p>
Maarten Aertsen<p>Here's why <a href="https://techpolicy.social/tags/ProductLiabilityDirective" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ProductLiabilityDirective</span></a> and <a href="https://techpolicy.social/tags/CyberResilienceAct" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CyberResilienceAct</span></a> are closely related:</p><p>"According to the text, a product is considered defective “when it does not provide the safety an average person is entitled to expect, which is also required under Union or national law.”"</p><p>"[..] a product’s defect is to be evaluated against mandatory product safety requirements, including cybersecurity standards for connected devices as set out in national legislation or EU law like the Cyber Resilience Act."</p>
Jordan Maris 🇪🇺 🇺🇦 #NAFO<p>The <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/OpenSource" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OpenSource</span></a> community spoke, and we heard! Our amendments to the <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/CyberResilienceAct" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CyberResilienceAct</span></a> (and soon, the <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/ProductLiabilityDirective" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ProductLiabilityDirective</span></a>)<br>⬇️ <br>---<br>RT @karmel80<br>Dear <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/opensource" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>opensource</span></a> community: You spoke, and we heard you: protecting open-source developers in the Product Liability Directive and Cyber Resilience Act <a href="https://karenmelchior.eu/en/you-spoke-and-we-heard-you-protecting-open-source-developers-in-the-cra-and-pld/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">karenmelchior.eu/en/you-spoke-</span><span class="invisible">and-we-heard-you-protecting-open-source-developers-in-the-cra-and-pld/</span></a><br><a href="https://twitter.com/karmel80/status/1651454826767630337" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">twitter.com/karmel80/status/16</span><span class="invisible">51454826767630337</span></a></p>
Euractiv<p>Key MEPs propose narrowing down EU’s new product liability regime <a href="https://www.euractiv.com/section/digital/news/key-meps-propose-narrowing-down-eus-new-product-liability-regime/?utm_source=dlvr.it&amp;utm_medium=mastodon" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">euractiv.com/section/digital/n</span><span class="invisible">ews/key-meps-propose-narrowing-down-eus-new-product-liability-regime/?utm_source=dlvr.it&amp;utm_medium=mastodon</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ProductLiabilityDirective" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ProductLiabilityDirective</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/software" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>software</span></a></p>
EURACTIV Technology<p>Key MEPs propose narrowing down EU’s new product liability regime <a href="https://www.euractiv.com/section/digital/news/key-meps-propose-narrowing-down-eus-new-product-liability-regime/?utm_source=dlvr.it&amp;utm_medium=mastodon" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">euractiv.com/section/digital/n</span><span class="invisible">ews/key-meps-propose-narrowing-down-eus-new-product-liability-regime/?utm_source=dlvr.it&amp;utm_medium=mastodon</span></a> <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/ProductLiabilityDirective" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ProductLiabilityDirective</span></a> <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/software" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>software</span></a></p>
NLnet Labs<p>At <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/FOSDEM23" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FOSDEM23</span></a>, <span class="h-card"><a href="https://techpolicy.social/@maarten" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>maarten</span></a></span> and <span class="h-card"><a href="https://fosstodon.org/@romdalf" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>romdalf</span></a></span> organised a session about how regulating software for the European market could impact <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/FOSS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FOSS</span></a>. A series of lightning talks is followed by a panel discussion covering the <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/CyberResilienceAct" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CyberResilienceAct</span></a>, the <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/ProductLiabilityDirective" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ProductLiabilityDirective</span></a> and the possible effects of them. You can now watch the recording of this session. <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/OpenSource" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OpenSource</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/FOSDEM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FOSDEM</span></a> <br><a href="https://fosdem.org/2023/schedule/event/cyber_resilience/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">fosdem.org/2023/schedule/event</span><span class="invisible">/cyber_resilience/</span></a></p>
Nemo_bis 🌈<p>I randomly asked <a href="https://mamot.fr/tags/FOSDEM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FOSDEM</span></a> people about the <a href="https://mamot.fr/tags/ProductLiabilityDirective" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ProductLiabilityDirective</span></a> revision.* You'll be surprised to learn that nobody knows about it. (I was around the embedded and IoT booths in AW.) <a href="https://mamot.fr/tags/EU" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EU</span></a></p><p>(*) <a href="https://www.europarl.europa.eu/legislative-train/theme-a-europe-fit-for-the-digital-age/file-new-product-liability-directive" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">europarl.europa.eu/legislative</span><span class="invisible">-train/theme-a-europe-fit-for-the-digital-age/file-new-product-liability-directive</span></a></p>
ulif<p>Weithin unbeachtet hält der Entwurf zur Reform der <a href="https://social.bau-ha.us/tags/EU" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EU</span></a>-Richtlinie für Produkthaftung „<a href="https://social.bau-ha.us/tags/ProductLiabilityDirective" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ProductLiabilityDirective</span></a>“ (<a href="https://social.bau-ha.us/tags/PLD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PLD</span></a>) möglicherweise üble Überraschungen für <a href="https://social.bau-ha.us/tags/OpenSource" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OpenSource</span></a>-Entwickler.innen bereit...</p><p>[Edit: Meine Vermutung war falsch - es gibt durchaus Ausnahmen für kostenlose etc. Open Source Software! Danke an <span class="h-card"><a href="https://nrw.social/@tjansen" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>tjansen</span></a></span> und andere aufmerksame Leser!</p><p>Es bleiben wohl die Probleme, die auch im Kontext des <a href="https://social.bau-ha.us/tags/CyberResilienceAct" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CyberResilienceAct</span></a> für Open Souce Geschäftsmodelle auftauchen.</p><p><a href="https://www.europarl.europa.eu/legislative-train/theme-a-europe-fit-for-the-digital-age/file-new-product-liability-directive" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">europarl.europa.eu/legislative</span><span class="invisible">-train/theme-a-europe-fit-for-the-digital-age/file-new-product-liability-directive</span></a></p>
Maarten Aertsen<p>I was also involved in bringing the <a href="https://techpolicy.social/tags/CyberResilienceAct" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CyberResilienceAct</span></a> to <a href="https://techpolicy.social/tags/FOSDEM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FOSDEM</span></a> this year:</p><p><a href="https://fosdem.org/2023/schedule/event/cyber_resilience/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">fosdem.org/2023/schedule/event</span><span class="invisible">/cyber_resilience/</span></a></p><p>First, introductory lightning talks by the <span class="h-card"><a href="https://social.network.europa.eu/@EU_Commission" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>EU_Commission</span></a></span> introducing the audience to the proposals for a CRA and new <a href="https://techpolicy.social/tags/ProductLiabilityDirective" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ProductLiabilityDirective</span></a>. I'll share a <span class="h-card"><a href="https://fosstodon.org/@nlnetlabs" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>nlnetlabs</span></a></span> perspective on the CRA.</p><p>This introduction is then followed by a panel led by Red Hat's <a href="https://github.com/romdalf" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">github.com/romdalf</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> (w/ <span class="h-card"><a href="https://post.hillenius.net/gijs" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>gijs</span></a></span> and other great panelists) to hear different perspectives on the proposals.</p><p>Looking forward to it!</p>
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