a few weeks ago the French Federation of OSS Companies published a detailed guide on the CRA. It is the most useful document on the legislation I have seen so far. It still has some bugs here and there, but pretty readable.
If you contribute to open source projects, provide services on open source software (e.g. consultancy, training) or include open source on tangible products, you should start by understanding how your company or institution qualifies. Then your obligations will start taking shape.
In my understanding most companies in our community qualify whether as manufacturers or importers, but each case is a case. I can’t tell the status of the OSGeo Foundation, in some projects it seems as a steward, but in others it might qualify as manufacturer.
These are still early days, a great deal is yet to be unravelled. But keep your eyes on the ball.
Are there any activities in OSGeo regarding th CRA? I can’t find anything except the blog post from January 2024. There is says: “OSGeo is committed to supporting the projects in our care and we look forward to working with our community to meet this challenge.”
I am asking as a member of the German OSGeo Chapter FOSSGIS e.V. We have a CRA working group and would like to connect with anybody else in OSGeo who is working on CRA.
There isn’t a formal group (perhaps there should be). I have tried to keep as much as I can. @ivansanchez and @jive have been working on it though, they delivered a presentation on that topic at the FOSS4G-Europe in Mostar.
It is important to know the German chapter created a working group. The next OSGeo Board might do some coordination there.