My input for the European Open Digital Ecosystems call: A Progressive Open Source Strategy for Europe
From the summary section:
- Establish European Sovereign Tech Fund (EU-STF).
- Implement a 1% Open Source Tax on proprietary solutions, and use the revenue to fund EU-STF.
- Distribute funds back into the EU's open source sector in a data-driven, transparent, and reliable way.
- Gradually increase the tax rate to shift resources from proprietary to the open source side.

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European Open Digital Ecosystems proposal: A Progressive Open Source Strategy for EuropeWe have submitted our feedback on the European Commission’s call for evidence on the European Open Digital Ecosystems, which concluded on February 3rd. *** As technological sovereignty becomes one …