Open Source in EU policy

Making laws with the Open Source community in mind

10:3020 mins08/11/2024

Over the past three years, the Open Source Community has had to mobilise to fix flaws in European Union policy initiatives, like the Cyber Resilience Act, Product Liability Directive, and the AI act, all of which could have negatively impacted Open Source developers.

This talk explores why this mobilisation was necessary, how the Community is preparing for future legislation, and how the Open Source community has changed the way the EU makes and implements laws.

It will then delve into the particular case of the AI act and its Open Source AI exemption. It will cover how the exemption came about, why it has prompted a wave of AI open-washing, and what can be done to fix it.

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