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DMA: European Commission falls short on interoperability requirements for Apple

02. April 2025 um 23:00

DMA: European Commission falls short on interoperability requirements for Apple

Despite initial promising steps, the European Commission’s measures on Apple’s compliance with interoperability procedures under the Digital Markets Act fall short. The less stringent obligations on API documentation and long deadlines for interoperability solutions will impact how Free Software projects get interoperability from Apple.

CC-BY-SA 4.0. by Rahak for FSFE.

On 19 March 2025, the European Commission published its final decision on the specifications to improve Apple’s “request-driven approach” to comply with DMA’s Art. 6(7). The case refers to how Apple grants interoperability to developers seeking access to software and hardware functions controlled by iOS and iPadOS. This decision follows an earlier public consultation in December 2024, to which the FSFE and other stakeholders took part. In the consultation, the FSFE supported the Commission’s intent to draft for Apple a path to achieve “interoperability by design”, including significant requirements for the company related to the quality of API documentation, transparency of the decision making process and comprehensive reporting obligations.

However, the Commission’s final version introduced a series of less stringent obligations, demeaning the requirements imposed to Apple to allow interoperability of its operating systems. In a joint statement with its partners, the FSFE weights the positives and negatives of the decision and raises concerns over the weaker approach taken by the Commission.

Read the full stament here (EN).

“The Commission’s decision represents a setback for interoperability as a tool for regulating digital markets. The Commission runs the risk of normalising the restrictive, request-based approach to allow interoperability of operating systems against a regulatory solution that would benefit software freedom of alternative projects and smaller developers. We still remain optimistic that the enforcement of the new rules will cause better interoperability policies for developers, positively impacting end-users. Ultimately we urge the Commission to engage further with civil society and projects providing software alternatives to Apple’s proprietary services.” affirms Lucas Lasota, FSFE Legal Programme Manager

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KDE Plasma 6.3.4: Fehlerkorrekturen und Verbesserungen

Von:MK
03. April 2025 um 06:00

Knapp einen Monat nach der Veröffentlichung von Plasma 6.3.3 hat das KDE-Team mit Plasma 6.3.4 das vierte Wartungsupdate für die 6.3-Serie bereitgestellt. Diese Version bringt keine neuen Funktionen, konzentriert sich aber auf die Verbesserung der Nutzererfahrung und die Behebung kleinerer Fehler. Besonders profitieren Nutzer, die auf Touch-Scrolling setzen, da Scroll-Probleme reduziert wurden. Auch das Breeze-Design […]

Der Beitrag KDE Plasma 6.3.4: Fehlerkorrekturen und Verbesserungen erschien zuerst auf fosstopia.

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Free Software and CRA - expert talk and discussion

01. April 2025 um 23:00

Free Software and CRA - expert talk and discussion on 3 April

On the afternoon of 3 April, Maarten Aertsen (NLnet Labs) will give a presentation on how the Cyber Resilience Act addresses Free Software, particularly in comparison to other New Legislative Framework (NLF)-style regulations in various sectors

As part of the “Dialog für Cybersicherheit” (Dialogue on Cybersecurity) project, the FSFE and the Federal Office for Information Security (BSI) are working together with representatives from civil society, academia, industry and public authorities in a project on the Cyber Resilience Act (CRA) and its implication for Free Software. To ensure clarity, information is needed on who will take on which role and which tasks and processes are to be carried out. In particular, the role of Open Source Stewards and Free Software beyond commercial interest are of particular importance to the project.

As part of the project, experts are invited to give talks and share their expertise to shed light on those questions. On Thursday a presentation by Maarten Aertsen (NLnet Labs) will take place, focusing on how Free Source Software is addressed by the Cyber Resilience Act and in particular on how that is different from other New Legislative Framework (NLF) style regulations in different segments. Afterwards there will be time for a discussion.

The event will take place on Thursday, April 3, 2025 from 3 - 5 p.m. CEST online.

  • Access: https://meeting.dialog-cybersicherheit.de/rooms/mvs-9c6-txs-sui/join
  • Access code: pj3y9a

Please note that the presentation will be recorded, but not the discussion.

Please note that the data protection policy of the BSI applies.

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Zypper erhält Unterstützung für parallele Downloads

Von:MK
02. April 2025 um 08:00

Der Paketmanager Zypper von openSUSE hat eine neue experimentelle Funktion erhalten. Künftig sind parallele Downloads möglich, ähnlich wie bei Pacman von Arch oder APT von Debian. Zudem wurde das Medien-Backend überarbeitet, um die Effizienz zu steigern. Diese Neuerungen wurden mit den Versionen libzypp 17.36.4 und Zypper 1.14.87 vorgestellt. Erste Benchmarks zeigen vielversprechende Ergebnisse denn die […]

Der Beitrag Zypper erhält Unterstützung für parallele Downloads erschien zuerst auf fosstopia.

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