The Open Source Roundup·Wed, 17 Jun

Android verification rule alarms open source community

Today's open source news is dominated by a single looming threat: Google's new Android Developer Verification program, which critics say will effectively kill sideloading and shut out hobbyist developers. Meanwhile, System76's founder offers a long-view perspective on liberating the PC stack, and France's digital sovereignty efforts highlight how hard it is to escape proprietary ecosystems.