Carlo Piana 2026 candidate
Founding Partner, Array
Nominee for Contributing Member representative
I am affiliated as Contributing Member through Array. I am a member of the
SC of the Eclipse Oniro WG and member of Open Regulatory Compliance Working
Group.
email: piana at array.eu
Vision
I believe Eclipse is in a unique position. It has deep roots in
history, but has acquired a more agile and modern approach to perform its
charter. My vision for Eclipse is to be a driving force for raising the
relevance of Open Source and giving it more critical mass in the public
discourse, also by building bridges and acting in synergy with other
actors in the space.
About the candidate
Carlo is a lawyer based in Milan, Italy, with over 30 years of experience
in IT law and advocacy for digital freedoms. He has been involved in the
battles for ensuring competition in networking protocols in one of the
largest at the time litigation on antitrust matters before the EU Courts. Has
served as General Counsel for the Free Software Foundation Europe for more
than ten years and as Chair of the Board of the Open Source Initiative, of
which is Board Member. He has joined The Eclipse Foundation as part of the
Eclipse Oniro Working Group and is one of the designers of the OS compliance
toolchain developed within the project, mainly targeting Yocto-based
operating systems for embedded. He is also partner of OpenChain. Carlo speaks
regularly at events, mainly in Europe, advocating for Open Source and digital
freedoms, and has keynoted at the 2023 EclipseCon.Affiliation
Array