The recently proposed Digital Omnibus aims to simplify a series of digital regulations, such as the GDPR, the Data Act and other laws, such as the ePrivacy directive. The goal of this legislative package is to reduce administrative burdens on organisations and boost innovation, although it can have significant impacts on open source communities, foundations and SMEs building open-source software.
Using Matrix as a case study, this talk will go through the areas of the Omnibus proposal which might have potential impacts on the wider FOSDEM community, namely proposals around redefinition of key concepts, changes to incident reporting requirements (and how they align with CRA requirements) and data sharings. It also aims to identify opportunities which might be brought on by the Omnibus, particularly around standardisation of approaches and improved collaboration.