What Makes Software Sovereign? (Hint: It’s Not Where It’s Made)
“Proprietary software can be just as big a liability to digital sovereignty when it’s produced in Germany as when it comes from big tech in the US.”
In this episode of Open Matters, Miriam Seyffarth—political communications lead at the Open Source Business Alliance—explains why true sovereignty depends on how software is sourced, licensed, and maintained, not just where it’s built.
We discuss:
- Why open source procurement is broken (and how to fix it)
- The risk of “freeloaders” in public tenders
- How lobbying reshaped the EU’s Cyber Resilience Act
- Germany’s new Ministry for Digital Transformation
- The vision for 100% public sector open source by 2035
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