Linux Foundation Europe Newsletter - February 2025

Welcome to the February 2025 edition of the LF Europe Newsletter. We’ve got a lot to cover–LF Europe announcements, project updates, policy + regulations news, events, a research survey in the field, and more. We’re so glad you’re here. Check out the highlights, save the dates, and be sure to register for upcoming events!

Contents

• Exciting announcements from LF Europe  
• Policy + regulations
• Member communications / CTA
• Linux Foundation Europe Projects: Featured news
• LF Research: Networking survey in the field
• LF Education: Training + certification
• LF Europe Events: Mark your calendar!  
• Follow us!

Exciting news + announcements from LF Europe 

• Last month, LF Europe was actively involved in several key engagements during Open Source Week 2025 in Brussels, helping to advance open source efforts across Europe. Highlights include our participation in:
  • CHAOSScon Europe 2025, where we launched the new CHAOSS Working Group on Funding Impact Measurements with Sovereign Tech Agency, building on "Toolkit for measuring the impact of public funding on OSS development” 
  • SIMPL Annual Community Event, as part focusing on the EC dataspace initiative and introducing "Simpl-Open, Simpl-Labs, and Simpl-Live."
  • EU Open Source Awards, celebrating excellence in open source through the European Open Source Academy, which promotes existing projects and actors while fostering training and awareness.
  • FOSDEM 2025, followed by an evening reception to celebrate open source and the EU Open Source Policy Summit, supported by the Sovereign Tech Agency, OpenSSF, LF Education, CNCF, and LF Europe
• Key Takeaways this month:
  • DeepSeek: DeepSeek has underscored the strong connection between open source, competitiveness, and sovereignty. Now, Europe must develop its own strategy to leverage these opportunities.
  • Global Cyberpolicy WG: A Joint Effort by OpenSSF and LF Europe,
    The launch of the OpenSSF + LF Europe Global Cyberpolicy Working Group marks a critical step in addressing cybersecurity and policy concerns, demonstrating how the open source community is proactively responding to global regulatory needs.
  • Regulatory Concerns with New EU and U.S. Administrations. With political changes in both Europe and the U.S., there is growing concern about how the new administrations will influence open source policy and the regulatory landscape in the years ahead.
  • EU Investment Needed, but Fragmentation Persists. While there is increasing momentum for EU investment in open source, efforts across Europe remain fragmented, highlighting the need for a more coordinated and unified approach to strengthen the open source ecosystem.

Policy + regulations 

The European Union's Cyber Resilience Act, effective from December 2024, aims to enhance cybersecurity for products sold in the EU and EEA, and this article explores its potential impact on businesses, highlighting the need for early planning before full implementation in 2026. Learn more.

Member Communications/CTA

The Linux Foundation recently published an article that resonated strongly with our community, highlighting the importance of understanding the regulatory landscape surrounding open source communities, particularly focusing on trade and sanctions regulations such as those enforced by OFAC. The article emphasizes the significant impact these laws have on open source development, the risks of non-compliance, and how developers must remain vigilant to ensure legal collaboration across borders.

• Call to Action for Members:
  • We strongly encourage you to circulate this article within your organization, particularly with your legal counsel, to ensure your teams fully understand the legal frameworks governing open source participation. Also, request to be added to the legal mailing list.

Linux Foundation Europe Projects: Featured news

OpenWallet Foundation

February was a fantastic month for the OWF:

• We hosted a Devroom for Digital Wallets and Verifiable Credentials at FOSDEM. Check out the video. 
• VCX has joined OWF as a Growth Project and we are very excited to see this team build and grow. 
• The Credo team shared a blog post about their first year as OWF Projects and what the community is building next. 
• OWF is coordinating our community efforts at Digital Identity unConference Europe and Internet Identity Workshop. Find out more on our Discord.
• Michel Sahli gave a presentation to the Wallet Interoperability SIG on the “Swiss e-ID Technology Stack and Interoperability”

RISE

• 2025 is off to a great start! The RISE Project is evaluating two new entries in our RFP Process to enable financial and engineering resources for the RISC-V software ecosystem, and of course, we are also still running our Developer Appreciation pilot program. You can get a great idea of the scope of our work by viewing our December End of the Year Ecosystem Update.
• In events news, RISC-V Summit Europe takes place in Paris from Monday 12th to Thursday 15th May, 2025. The RISC-V Summit Europe is the premier event that connects European movers and shakers – from industry, government, research, academia, and ecosystem support. Sponsorship packages are now available! RISE is a Bronze sponsor, and we also regularly sponsor the lounge, so we will be easy to find.
• If your organization is interested in joining this effort to build professional-grade software for RISC-V, take a look at our membership page, contact us by email, or come and talk to us at an event. This is an exciting and critical time to be part of RISC-V, and we are glad to have more members and resources on this journey.

Servo

• Servo has been moving forward in several areas on the last month:
  • Lots of improvements and new developments particularly related to Streams, Shadow DOM and Tables (Servo now passes more CSS2 tables tests than Chromium and WebKit).
  • Started the work on a new WebView API to make it easier to embed Servo in your applications.
  • The preferences system has been reworked.
• In addition Martin Robinson spoke about Servo’s unique benefits as a Rust-based browser and web engine in his talk Why Build a New Browser Engine in Rust?
• If you are interested in Servo please contact us or help supporting our project via donations. We’re aiming to empower developers with a lightweight, high-performance alternative for embedding web technologies in applications.

LF Research: Networking survey in the field

Last chance to take the Open Source and Networking Survey!

LF Research is partnering with LF Networking to explore trends and priorities in open source networking. We need the community’s insights to get a better picture of open source use, opportunities, and challenges in the telecom industry!

This survey closes on Friday, 28 February!

LF Education: Training + Certification

• NEW! Unlimited Access to e-Learning Courses
   
  • Access to All SkillCreds with Annual Subscription!
  • New THRIVE subscription that includes a 40% discount on a certification when you bundle it with a subscription. 
• Align Your IT Career Trajectory to the Key Tech Trends for 2025
   
  • We’ve identified the key trends that IT pros need to be on top of to keep their careers on track this year. Check out the top 10 trends. 
• Join us 19 March, 2025 for a Complimentary Live Webinar Sponsored by Linux Foundation Education and Arm Education. 
   
  • Unlocking the Power and Speed of GenAI Inference on CPUs. Explore the open-source KleidiAI library, designed to enhance machine learning inference performance on CPUs without GPU acceleration. Discover its optimizations, real-world use cases, and how developers can easily integrate KleidiAI into their workflows to achieve high-performance AI applications, with educational resources provided for both IT students and professionals.

LF Europe Events: Mark your calendar!

• FOSS Backstage
  Berlin, Germany / 🇩🇪 March 10-11, 2025
• OSPOlogyLive Amsterdam
  Amsterdam, Netherlands / 🇳🇱 March 26-27, 2025
• CHAOSSCon EU
  Brussels, Belgium / 🇧🇪 Jan 30, 2025
• KubeCon + CloudNativeCon Europe 2025
  London, England / 🇬🇧 Apr 1–4, 2025 
• KubeCon + CloudNativeCon Europe 2026
  Amsterdam, Netherlands / 🇳🇱 Mar 23–26, 2026
• BackstageCon Europe 
  London, England / 🇬🇧 Apr 1, 2025
• CiliumCon Europe
  London, England / 🇬🇧 Apr 1, 2025
• Open Source Summit Europe
  Amsterdam, Netherlands / 🇳🇱 Aug 25–27, 2025

To register for in-person attendance or virtual LF events, please view our full calendar of events here, and be sure to subscribe to our events newsletter. Check out our Flickr stream for photos of past events!

Partner with Linux Foundation Europe for your next open source event

LF Europe Roadshows are one-day events held twice a year, offering a platform for networking, collaboration, and learning. These events bring together community members, executives, and experts for in-depth discussions on critical open source topics. For more info, check out the sponsorship prospectus. 

Coming up:

• AI, Regulations and Compliance Roadshow--Dates forthcoming
• Finance and Open Source Roadshow--July, 2025

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