# What Makes Software Sovereign? (Hint: It's Not Where It's Made) **URL:** \ **Category:** News\ **Tags:** podcast\ **Created:** [August 13, 2025, 10:24am UTC](https://forum.collaboraonline.com/t/what-makes-software-sovereign-hint-its-not-where-its-made/3947 "2025-08-13T10:24:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Page:** 1
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**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** [![](https://europe1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/uploads/collaboraonline/original/2X/d/de211d9461c4365e286001871465b250fd11251c.jpeg "What Makes Software Sovereign? (Hint: It's Not Where It's Made)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4zVirKFwcTs) 🎧 iTunes: [https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast](https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast)… 🎧 Spotify: [https://open.spotify.com/show/4frqRzV](https://open.spotify.com/show/4frqRzV)… 🎧 RSS: [https://www.collaboraonline.com/feed/mp3/](https://www.collaboraonline.com/feed/mp3/) 🔔 **Like these deep dives into open-source tech? Subscribe so you don’t miss the next one!**