European companies have started to realize that open source is a critical component of innovation
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Two years in, Linux Foundation Europe reports 173 members and five active projects, and it focuses on reducing friction for European participation by hosting projects within Europe and enabling access to European public funding. The organization builds policy capacity in Brussels to assess the impact of the CRA and AI Act, provides a compliance toolchain (SBOM/SPDX/OSSF alignment), helps projects win EU grants, and supports industry-specific initiatives like Open Wallet and Automotive Grade Linux.
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chapters (9)
- 0:00Foundation status and growth
- 1:57Role of Linux Foundation Europe
- 4:23Public sector and policy engagement
- 9:03Public funding and grants
- 11:08Private sector and industry
- 15:28Regulation and compliance
- 21:23Events and project updates
- 23:53Strategy for future growth
- 26:16Digital sovereignty and vision
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