The EU’s €2T budget overlooks a key tech pillar: Open source
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The EU's proposed €2tn budget aims to boost autonomy and competitiveness but neglects open source software, a key digital foundation. Open source has long supported European infrastructure, creating dependencies not addressed in the plan.
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On July 16, the European Commission proposed a €2tn seven-year budget – the largest in the EU’s history – to boost autonomy, competitiveness, and resilience. The spending plan addresses cybersecurity, innovation, and other key digital pillars, but omits a crucial component: open source. Open source software – built and maintained by communities rather than private companies alone, and free to edit and modify – is the foundation of today’s digital infrastructure. Since the 1990s, it has been ever-present in the digital infrastructure that European industry and public sector institutions depend on, creating huge dependencies on open source applications and libraries. From…
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