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Open Letter: "The European Union must keep funding free software" (nextgraph.org)

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Since 2020, Next Generation Internet (NGI) programmes, part of European Commission’s Horizon programme, fund free software in Europe using a cascade funding mechanism. This year, according to the Horizon Europe working draft detailing funding programmes for 2025, we notice that Next Generation Internet is not mentioned any more as part of Cluster 4.

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While the USA, China or Russia deploy huge public and private resources to develop software and infrastructure that massively capture private consumer data, the EU can’t afford this renunciation. Free and open source software, as supported by NGI since 2020, is by design the opposite of potential vectors for foreign interference. It lets us keep our data local and favors a community-wide economy and know-how, while allowing an international collaboration. This is all the more essential in the current geopolitical context: the challenge of technological sovereignty is central, and free software allows addressing it while acting for peace and sovereignty in the digital world as a whole.

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[-] themurphy@lemmy.ml 53 points 3 months ago

Just some days I would wish that EU wouldn't have to work alone in making the world a better place.

Seems like everyone, especially Russia and US right now, are trying to do the exact opposite.

[+] rottingleaf@lemmy.world -26 points 3 months ago

It doesn't work to make anything a better place. It just acts defensively where its opponents have advantage and offensively where they have disadvantage.

Let's please remember that the EU is bigger in population and potential than either of these two, but weaker in assets. It's interested in stalling them in key areas, not actively engaging.

Returning to better places, the EU is working with pretty disgusting regimes.

[-] themurphy@lemmy.ml 21 points 3 months ago

I don't think we talk about the same thing then.

GDPR, Digital Market Act, the USB C law for e-waste and regulations like those are the one I'm talking about.

And then also what this article is about.

[-] hitwright@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago

What are the offensive actions EU is taking on the global stage?

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