Who can be an open-source software steward?
Recital 19 states "Open-source software stewards include certain foundations as well as entities that develop and publish free and open-source software in a business context, including not-for-profit entities." At FOSDEM 2024, the European Commission provided three examples of entities the co-legislators had in mind:
- Foundations supporting specific FOSS projects
- Companies that build FOSS for their own use but make it public
- Not-for-profit entities that develop FOSS
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