15 Aug 2025 00:00:00 +0100

Most of you have heard of the famous Cyber Resilience Act (CRA), a legislation introducing CE labels for digital products. In our latest episode of the Software Freedom Podcast Bonnie and Alex have a easy to follow conversation about the CRA and what will be happening next. Join the FSFE community and support the podcast: https://my.fsfe.org/support?referrer=podcast

SFP#37: Policy and EU: The most famous of them all – we are talking about the CRA

Most of you have heard of the famous Cyber Resilience Act (CRA), a legislation introducing CE labels for digital products. In our latest episode of the Software Freedom Podcast Bonnie and Alex have a easy to follow conversation about the CRA and what will be happening next.

Listen to Alexander Sander and Bonnie Mehring talk you through the Cyber Resilience Act (CRA). The CRA has entered into force in December 2024 and since then a lot has happened. In this episode they will give you a short introduction into the CRA and dive into the current discussions surrounding its implementation. Learn how you can support the FSFE in safeguarding Free Software during the implementation process with answering the questionnaire created together by the FSFE and the German Federal Office for Information Security (BSI).

In our 37th episode you can learn more about the FSFE's policy work and how we as a charity advocate for software freedom. You can support our work by donating.

Show notes

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Cyber Resilience Act (CRA)

CRA: Free Software stewards, maintainers and manufactures, share your input!

CRA & PLD: Liability rules with large exemptions for Free Software are introduced

Questionnaire for potential OSS Stewards in terms of CRA

Questionnaire for OSS Projects Maintainers in terms of CRA

Questionnaire for Manufacturers in terms of CRA

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