The @EU_Commission has launched a public #policy consultation on the rules defining the European #standards system (aka regulation 1025). The top-line for me is it completely ignores #OpenSource while making both engagement in standardisation and use of standards very hard for open source community members.
Unsurprisingly, the consultation's survey makes it extremely hard to tell them this! I think @osi will be attaching a letter to its input! The deadline is July 25.
Do you have some sources for your range of estimates "Today, open source is between 80% and 99% of all software"? There was a Fediverse thread on this question some time ago, without any solid answers, if I remember right. I think a lot of people would be interested in seeing proper (preferably peer-reviewed research papers) detailing their methods of data collection and of "counting software" and presenting their results.
Thanks! I checked through those searching for an answer the question of "How much of 'all' software is FOSS or depends on FOSS?", but I could only find one study, not a range of studies - Synopsys - whose full report requires email registration (and it's not a peer-reviewed research paper): https://www.synopsys.com/blogs/software-security/open-source-trends-ossra-report.html
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