The EU Cyber Resilience Act (CRA) may have a huge impact on the open-source community. There are concerns about how this framework would be applied to the open-source software contribution and distribution. If you would like to know more and voice out your concerns, join our sessions with leaders in the Python community and experts in the field.

Agenda

• 2:00 pm - 2:10 pm - Welcome and briefing presentation
• 2:10 pm - 2:30 pm - CRA "book club"
• 2:30 pm - 3:00 pm - CRA panel
• 3:00 pm - 3:30 pm - coffee break
• 3:30 pm - 4:30 pm - CRA unconference discussion

The workshop will start with a small presentation about what is CRA for those who have heard of it for the first time. Multiple blog posts and sources of information will then be given to attendees to read during the "book club" session. After that, it will lead to the following main sessions for the CRA workshop.

CRA Panel

We have invited leaders in the Python community and domain experts to discuss the current state of CRA, related regulations and the potential effect to open-source, especially in the Python community. Confirmed Panelists are:

• Deb Nicholson - Executive Director at the Python Software Foundation
• Jannis Leidel - Founder of the Python Packaging Authority and the PSF Board of Directors
• Ciarán O'Riordan - Senior Policy Advisor of OpenForum Europe

CRA Unconference Discussion

After the panel discussion, it is your turn to discuss and voice out your concern regarding the CRA. Are you a contributor to open-source software and wonder who will be held accountable for the software that you contributed? Are you working for a company that publishes open-source software and wonder if that will affect the business model of your company? Are you using open-source software and wonder if the open-source ecosystem would be the same after the CRA has been put into action? Join us to discuss all these.