EU's Technological Sovereignty Package cites open source advocate's work in push for digital independence
By
Dries Buytaert
Master baker tier. Every paragraph earns its place on the tray.
Summary
The European Commission released the European Technological Sovereignty Package aimed at reducing Europe's dependence on foreign technology. The author, Dries (founder of Drupal and Acquia), contributed to the public consultation with articles on the Software Sovereignty Scale and The Sovereignty Prerequisite. He was pleasantly surprised to find one of his articles cited in a footnote on page 18 of the published package. The piece highlights the EU's push toward open source software as a means of achieving technological independence.
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Today the European Commission released the European Technological Sovereignty Package, a big push to reduce Europe's dependence on foreign technology.
I won't pretend to have fully digested it yet, but one part immediately caught my attention
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