Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] EU Cyber Resilience Act - potential impacts on open geospatial software?
Dear all, A lot of very good thoughts on this thread (and online). I have been thinking a bit more on this. As Luís highlights while there are steps to take to be clear with our license the result would end up not being useful / legal in Europe (which defeats OSGeo vision of empowering everyone with free and open source geospatial goodness). a) The CRA treating everything as a supplier arrangement is a problem. It is disrespectful to be treated as a supplied rather than a respected commons (or even labour.) If we borrow a tool from labour - what would adopting a work-to-rule practice for Europe? - Delay downloads by two weeks (simulation of anticipated certification overhead) - Release source code to Europe but not the digital downloads (respect Free and Open Source license and provide a taste of VPN future) Aside: I use the word disrespectful to help indicated the violation of the social norms asserted with our community. We should be offended that after creating so much value for Europe regulation is being setup to require more from our community. b) The proposed CRA certification SME to declare technology used. This technically sets up a "dependency list" showing the open-source used by each organization. Could this be used in a Robbin Hood manner to direct funding where needed: - Use such insight to support projects that are underfunded for their level of importance to European Economy - Use tax dollars, or certification fees from industry, to scale funding to match use of free and open source technologies Aside: This is what I mean about seeking economic solutions for the root cause (underfunded open-source projects used in critical or economically important systems). -- Jody Garnett On Aug 3, 2023 at 12:43:59 AM, Luís Moreira de Sousa via Discuss < discuss@lists.osgeo.org> wrote: > Dear all, > > hours ago, Wordpress, Joomla, Drupal and TYPO3 published an open letter on > the CRA painting a scenario similar to the worst case I put forth here last > week. Not only are FOSS projects threatened, thousands of European SMEs > will either perish or move on to wholesale commercial software in the wake > of this legislation. Essentially, we are speaking of the companies that > contribute to fund OSGeo and sponsor the FOSS4G. > > > https://wordpress.org/news/files/2023/08/Open_Letter_on_the_Significance_of_Free_and_Open_Source_Software_in_the_EU_s_Proposed_Cyber_Resilience_Act.pdf > > I am becoming increasingly concerned by this. I would exhort every charter > member in Europe to get thoroughly informed and seek advice from trade > guilds or unions and enterprise associations or federations. > > Regards, > > Luís > ___ > Discuss mailing list > Discuss@lists.osgeo.org > https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss > ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
[OSGeo-Discuss] Making UK a science superpower - The urgent need for ensuring the right to quality education opportunities for the 4.2 million children currently living in poverty in the UK
Dear colleagues, I am interested to learn more about the UK government's plans and slogan on “becoming a science superpower”. ‘Science superpower’ plan risks making UK bureaucracy superpower, says peer. Author of Lords report says government’s approach ‘feels like setting off on a marathon with your shoelaces tied together’ Details at https://www.theguardian.com/science/2022/aug/04/science-superpower-plan-risks-making-uk-bureaucracy-superpower-says-peer https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/wa-jisc.exe?A2=OER-DISCUSS;d28fa3cf.2308 Looks like “becoming a science superpower” is a slogan to hide the real issues on poverty, cost of living crisis impacting millions of families in the UK. There is also an urgent need to expand the free school meals scheme (including during the school holidays) as part of reform of education. Best wishes Suchith From: Suchith Anand Sent: 28 July 2023 11:09 Subject: Making UK a science superpower by 2030 - The urgent need for ensuring the right to quality education opportunities for the 4.2 million children currently living in poverty in the UK Dear colleagues, I came across this article published in the University World News on 22nd July 2023 which looks at the toxic corporate culture and a crisis of leadership in UK higher education. Details at https://www.universityworldnews.com/post-mobile.php?story=20230721132953122 I request the UK Government to investigate the current state of affairs of the UK Higher Education sector with the aim to end corrupt practices and reform UK Higher Education. Thank you. Best wishes Suchith From: Suchith Anand Sent: 23 July 2023 08:45 Subject: Making UK a science superpower by 2030 - The urgent need for ensuring the right to quality education opportunities for the 4.2 million children currently living in poverty in the UK Dear colleagues, There were 4.2 million children living in poverty in the UK in 2021-22. That's 29 per cent of children (This percentage might be higher now due to cost of living crisis in the UK ). Details at. https://cpag.org.uk/child-poverty/child-poverty-facts-and-figures Extreme child poverty in the UK is a humanitarian and ethical crisis. In educational terms, poverty is a significant disadvantage. The link between poverty and poor educational outcomes and wellbeing in the UK has remained stubbornly and depressingly high despite longstanding policy concern at national, local and jurisdictional levels of government. Child poverty, education and the postcode lottery https://www.transformingsociety.co.uk/2020/08/19/child-poverty-education-and-the-postcode-lottery/ The UK Government has announced a plan to cement the UK’s place as a science and technology superpower by 2030. This is very welcome initiative. I humbly request that the UK government to share a clear action plan for ensuring the right to quality education opportunities for the 4.2 million children currently living in poverty in the UK. This is key for making UK a science superpower by 2030. Access to quality education opportunities is a human right. There needs to be focused policies at the UK Government level about equitable education with a binding on Universities and the Higher Education Institutes to comply. Universities have a social responsibility. There is an urgent need to provide full scholarships (with maintenance grant) for 30 percent of seats in each Russell Group university (the richest and prestigious universities in the UK) for students from economically poor families and first-generation students (first in family to go to university). I request the kind support of all MPs, all major UK Political parties and UK Government for the Right to Quality Education opportunities for All . May I please request you to kindly support the “Right to Quality Education opportunities for All” Details at https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/open-letter-requesting-uk-government-reform-higher-education-anand Let us all work together so that we can ensure the right to quality education opportunities for the 4.2 million children currently living in poverty in the UK. This is important for the better future of our country and our future generations. Best wishes Suchith From: Suchith Anand Sent: 21 July 2023 11:29 Subject: Information needed on good practice examples of summary statistics of scholarship information in UK universities Dear colleagues I am grateful to all colleagues who have emailed support and shared lot of excellent ideas and suggestions for expanding scholarships for first generation students (first in family to go to university) and students from economically poor families. I am touched by your kindness. I have a query and appreciate your advice. Are there any good practice examples of summary statistics information on monitoring and measuring progress of scholarships in any UK universities? Which
