53
European Open Digital Ecosystems: Have your say (ec.europa.eu)
submitted 9 months ago by to c/buyeuropean@feddit.uk
comment fedilink hide all child comments
 

The European Open Digital Ecosystem Strategy will set out:

  • a strategic approach to the open source sector in the EU that addresses the importance of open source as a crucial contribution to EU technological sovereignty, security and competitiveness
  • a strategic and operational framework to strengthen the use, development and reuse of open digital assets within the Commission, building on the results achieved under the 2020-2023 Commission Open Source Software Strategy.

Feedback period: 06 January 2026 - 03 February 2026 (midnight Brussels time)

As Dries Buytaert, the founder of Drupal, wrote in his post (highly recommended read) as feedback to the European Commission's call for evidence:

Europe does not need to build the next hyperscaler. It needs to shift procurement toward Open Source builders and maintainers. If Europe gets this right, it will mean better software, stronger local vendors, and public money that actually builds public code. Not to mention the autonomy that comes with it.

no comments (yet)

sorted by: hot top controversial new old
there doesn't seem to be anything here
11 comments in c/opensource@lemmy.ml view that post
[โ€“] 6 points 9 months ago (1 child)

Well put, thanks for sharing. I submitted many of the same arguments as you, but not as eloquently or thoroughly :)

  • permalink
  • fedilink
  • source
  • hideshow 1 child comment
    •
    • [โ€“] 3 points 9 months ago* (1 child)

    I would recommend calling it libre software/hardware/etc (whichever applicable) instead of open source, many people have a hard time distinguishing open source and source-available, eince they both essentially mean that the source code is freely available; conversely, libre (or liberated, although I have not seen usages of the latter) software/hardware/whatever mentions the more important aspect, which is freedom.

  • permalink
  • fedilink
  • source
  • hideshow 1 child comment
    •
  • [โ€“] [S] 7 points 9 months ago

    Open source is the language used by the initiators of the call for evidence. It is also clear from the language in their questions that they do not refer to source-available. In my response, I believe, I also make it pretty clear that I am not referring to source-available.

  • permalink
  • fedilink
  • source
  • parent
    • [โ€“] 3 points 9 months ago (6 children)

    ๐Ÿคฃ 1
  • permalink
  • fedilink
  • source
  • hideshow 6 child comments
    •
  • [โ€“] [S] 6 points 9 months ago (5 children)

    Although your GIF is indeed a great quip about the length of my post, it also illustrates a broader societal issue. Namely, the lack of time or willingness to engage with political topics that aren't formulated in short slogans. Both unfortunately for many people a product of the society we live in. I am a proponent of 4 day work week(or 6h/day), for this very reason. Unfortunately, some issues require more than a sentence or two to properly explain, argue or convey.

  • permalink
  • fedilink
  • source
  • parent
  • hideshow 5 child comments
    •
  • [โ€“] -2 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (2 children)

    I agree with the sentiment, but a 4 day work week(or 6h/day) won't help at all, exactly because of this. Most people will just do more passive entertainment consumption in their newly increased freetime instead of informing themselves about some complex issues or learning something new.

    And at least where I live, the people that are smart enough to do what you want them to, already make enough money to work however they like and have more than enough free tkme for this kind of stuff. (I personally know some who are well off financially and all they do is <20h per week or freelance 3-5 months per year)

  • permalink
  • fedilink
  • source
  • parent
  • hideshow 2 child comments
    •
  • [โ€“] 3 points 9 months ago (1 child)

    It would help, especially for families, where parents hardly spend time with their children, which then wonder why they are so estranged with their offspring.

    Also, making money requires having that money, in the first place, which is why many are in perpetual poverty.

  • permalink
  • fedilink
  • source
  • parent
  • hideshow 1 child comment
    •
  • [โ€“] -1 points 9 months ago*

    hard disagree, it depends on where you live.

    Which is at the current stage of globalism mostly a personal choise. I have friends that got here by hitchhiking on a container ship by asking the crew nicely and other who literally walked here for half a year, begging for food along the way.

    I moved countries with nothing but my documents and a backpack full of clothes. And I am off way better now, by using my brain and not being an asshole.

    And yeah, bit of survivorship bias, ngl. But it's far from the bleak picture you drew. If you live in a shithole, go somewhere else.

  • permalink
  • fedilink
  • source
  • parent
    • 3 comments in c/Europe@europe.pub view that post
    [โ€“] 2 points 8 months ago (2 children)

    We need a open source social media which is definately not like X

  • permalink
  • fedilink
  • source
  • hideshow 2 child comments
    •
    • 1 comment in c/Europe@europe.pub view that post
    [โ€“] 2 points 9 months ago

    Ironic that it makes you create an account prior to giving feedback on open digital systems.

  • permalink
  • fedilink
  • source
    •
    1 comment in c/politik@feddit.nu view that post
    [โ€“] 0 points 9 months ago

    We'll said, I'm not really qualified to elaborate on the subject at all but agree with everything you wrote. :)

  • permalink
  • fedilink
  • source
    •
    1 comment in c/BuyFromEU@europe.pub view that post
    [โ€“] 2 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

    From the PDF, one of the EUโ€™s concerns is:

    However, much of the value generated by open-source projects is exploited outside the EU, often benefiting tech giants.

    When tech giants use FOSS, itโ€™s a shame they can extract wealth without compensating the contributors. OTOH, if the baddies become dependent on FOSS, thatโ€™s favorable anyway. It means they might contribute code to the projects which otherwise would not happen.

    The PDF does not cover public schools specifically. They need to be told that public schools are the most important place to deploy FOSS. Consider a university in Denmark pushes commercial software on students (sadly, they provide that software on a campus webpage improperly titled โ€œFree Softwareโ€ b/c it is gratis for students). The damage is of course that Denmark educates people to be dependent or clung-onto closed-source software like MATLAB, not GNU Octave. That negative training means the young generations are being conditioned to favor non-free software.

    FSFE does not know about this?

    The FSFE has a newsletter for โ€œpublic money โ†’ public codeโ€. They have not mentioned this /have your say/ page. Strange.

    Downvotes?

    I get why the OP was downvoted here.. this is a bit off-topic for BuyFromEU. But !ETS@europe.pub has 4 silent down votes. WTF? Iโ€™ve seen that before. ETS seems to be heavily read by opponents of ETS.

  • permalink
  • fedilink
  • source
    •