https://eolevent.eu/eole-2024/
The European Union has been on a regulatory spree in the digital space, affecting a wide range of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs), including the previously less regulated area of open source software. Key regulations such as the Cyber Resilience Act, the Artificial Intelligence Act and the Product Liability Directive have begun to reshape the framework within which open source software stakeholders operate. In addition, the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and the Copyright in the Digital Single Market Directive continue to have a profound impact on the licensing, development and distribution of open source projects.
This year, EOLE is organising its conference in Turin in November. We will discuss and analyse the impact of these emerging regulations on open source projects, communities and software ecosystems. We invite thought leaders, legal experts, developers and policy makers to engage in a critical dialogue through presentations and workshops focusing on both the specific nuances of open source software regulation and the broader regulatory trends that could significantly influence open source dynamics.
Among other topics, we invite you to propose a talk or workshop on Open Source and:
The objective of the event is to share ideas and practices related to these regulations. The outcomes of the EOLE 2024 event will include dissemination of knowledge and consensus building regarding these topics, and may include checklists for regulatory compliance, action items, suggested best practices.
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10h00 – 12h00 – Cyber x Open Source
The aim of this workshop is to assess the impact of the latest
cybersecurity regulations (notably NIS 2 and the more recent Cyber
Resilience Act) on Open Source players (companies and communities)
and practices.
The workshop will be introduced and chaired by Benjamin Jean, and moderated with Arthur Hamonic and Clémence Lascombes (inno³). It will begin by presenting the work carried out in France for Open Source economic players, and will then propose a series of specific points to be addressed by the participants.
The following agenda is planned:
12h00 – 13h30 – Lunch
13h30 – 15h30 – The AI Act and Open Source
The AI Act provides for exceptions applicable to “free and open
source”. Sounds like good news. But what does “free and open
source” mean and what does the AI Act apply to? The news over the
past weeks leaves a sense of uncertainty about the meaning of
“free and open source AI system”. Will this debate interfere with
the applicability of the “free and open source” exceptions
provided by the AI Act? This session will deepen these and other
questions while trying to shed light on the hottest topic of the
moment within the free and open source communities.
The following agenda is planned:
16h30 – 17h30 – Open Science & Open Source
The European Union and many research organisations are pushing
more and more for Open Science in publicly funded projects,
something which aligns closely with open source principles. Open
science is a wider concept, including open data, content, source
and open research collaboration mechanisms, and raises several
challenges in tension between regulatory obligations,
confidentiality, and open licenses.
The following agenda is planned:
17h30 – 18h30 – Going on a broader level (competition
law, market regulation, etc.)
How does Open Source fit in the more and more complex view of the
“market” by EU ? We could even go further and discuss theorical
and concrete debate as Open Source public policies and competition
vs Open/Proprietary Model from private ?
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Date : 29 November 2024
Location : Corso Unione Sovietica, 216, 10134 Torino TO, Italy
Duration of the event : it begins at 9:30 and will finish around 18:30
Register here : https://framaforms.org/eole-2024-registration-1728372094
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