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The original was posted on /r/opensource by /u/hikertechie on 2023-12-26 06:24:05.


Just saw this article from earlier this month.

Apparently the EU is finalizing rules to ensure the makers of software are liable for any harms even OSS developers, if users use it directly. That seems insane.

Has anyone heard of this and has there been discussion here on this topic?

What do you all think this will do to big projects like Alpine (run out of europe) and others or affect international open source contributors.

Sounds like a terrible set of rules