Open Internet Stack Support for Scale
Pays one European consortium EUR 4 million to run a central hub that catalogues, audits, brands and helps scale open-source Open Internet Stack solutions across the EU.
Beyond running the central cataloguing and audit hub, the project is expected to work toward positioning the EU and its associated countries as an attractive home base for open-source foundations to headquarter themselves. Training material the hub produces must be tailored separately to four distinct audiences -- infrastructure operators, integrators, government and vertical-sector IT teams, and …
The Commission wants a coordination project that catalogues and security-audits Open Internet Stack solutions, advises on sustainability and licensing models, builds a common brand and communication plan, and links national and European open-source initiatives together. It also wants a policy sandbox to test compliance with upcoming EU digital rules.
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