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Re: [open-regulatory-compliance] Open Source Software Stewards and CRA Whitepaper: review in progress until November 20th
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> On 10 Nov 2025, at 09:39, Olle E. Johansson <oej@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> On 7 Nov 2025, at 22:44, Elizabeth Mattijsen via open-regulatory-So, for better or worse, I think some kind of legal body will *always* be needed in the new CRA world.
> It’s the other way around. If there’s a legal body, like a foundation, there was a risk that the foundation was going to
> be seen as a manufacturer. That’s why the “stewards” was invented, to give the foundations a role.
Aaah! Good to know!
> There’s no requirement for Open Source projects to have a steward, and no requirement to have any legal body.
True. But then either the Open Source project will not be used in a commercial setting, or the manufacturer will eventually usurp and/or drop the project.
> I still think there’s a grey area with multiple shades between a manufacturer and a steward and a project.
Agree.
Elizabeth Mattijsen
