I'm amazed that there has been zero coverage of this:

[bsdphk@fosstodon.org]

I'm amazed that there has been zero coverage of this:

EU's new Product Liability Directive got voted through last thursday.

No later than two years from now, software, stand-alone, cloud or embedded are subject to "no-fault liability" (ie: doesn't matter how or why, only that it is defective.)

Here's the directive:

https://data.consilium.europa.eu/doc/document/PE-7-2024-INIT/en/pdf

Gentlemen, start your panic…

PS: Yes, there is a FOSS exemption, but only "outside commercial activity". (Ie: The guy in Nebraska but not RedHat)

[derickr@phpc.social]

@bsdphk I found @bert_hubert 's summary showing it's all quite reasonable: https://berthub.eu/articles/posts/eu-cra-what-does-it-mean-for-open-source/