Digital Sovereignty Driving Open Source in Germany and Europe
summary
Since 2019 Germany spins up new agencies and projects claiming digital sovereignty with economic motives behind them and an explicit fear of US and Chinese hyperscalers. Concrete outcomes include Gaia‑X federated clouds with a demonstrator and a Sovereign Cloud Stack on GitHub — usable but still unfinished — and a Corona tracing app that passed Chaos Computer Club scrutiny. The Online Access Law forces public code into Online Access Law requiring open source repositories with about 600 microservices planned for deployment. Europe also backs RISC‑V push for hardware independence. Annual European OSS value is cited near 100 billion euros.
AI-written summary · about
chapters (5)
- 0:00Start
- 0:59History
- 4:32The Last Acquisitions in the Open Source Business
- 18:10Digital Sovereignty
- 34:04Conclusions
related talks
31mDigital sovereignty through open source – Europe's strategic opportunity
27mFreedom, Diversity, and Sovereignty: The Power of Open Source in Europe’s Digital Future
11mDigital Sovereignty at Risk - Opportunities for Intervention
28mDigital sovereignty Why open infrastructure matters
22mKeynote: Open is Sovereign
12mDigital sovereignty: Why open infrastructure matters
30mSovereignty and Open Source? How To Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is!
37mDigital Sovereignty and Open Source