EU Cyber Resilience Act: Open Source Developers Can Chill, Corporations Will Sweat!
The European Union’s Cyber Resilience Act had open source developers sweating like a penguin in the Sahara. But Linux’s Greg Kroah-Hartman assures us, it’s more friend than foe. Think of it as a helpful nudge, not a legal wedgie. The CRA now encourages transparency in software supply chains without making developers need a law degree.
Hot Take:
Brace yourselves, EU open source software developers! The Cyber Resilience Act is here to save the day… or at least attempt to, without making you pull your hair out. According to Linux guru Greg Kroah-Hartman, don’t fret; you’re not going to need a law degree to continue your coding adventures. But remember, commercial entities might need to stock up on aspirin for their upcoming compliance headaches.
Key Points:
- The EU’s Cyber Resilience Act (CRA) has been revised to be more open-source friendly.
- Unpaid, hobbyist developers are largely exempt from CRA’s legal requirements.
- Companies must now document and maintain their software supply chains, including open source dependencies.
- Manufacturers using open-source code must comply, even if their operations extend outside the EU.
- The CRA may increase demand for open source over proprietary software due to greater control.
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