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Submission + - UFC-Que Choisir Takes Ubisoft to French Court Over The Crew Shutdown (reuters.com)

Submitted by Elektroschock
Elektroschock writes: When Ubisoft pulled the plug on The Crew’s servers without warning, players were left with a worthless game they’d already paid for. Now, consumer watchdog UFC-Que Choisir is fighting back, demanding gamers’ right to play regardless of publisher whims. Supported by the “Stop Killing Games” movement, this landmark case challenges unfair terms before the Créteil Judicial Court (Val-de-Marne near Paris), and aims to protect players from disappearing games.

Submission + - OnlyOffice CEO objects Euro-Office license changes (onlyoffice.com)

Submitted by Elektroschock
Elektroschock writes: Lev Bannov of OnlyOffice is concerned about the Euro-Office inclusion of Onlyoffice with trade marks removed: "We liked the AGPL v3 license because its 7th clause allows us to ensure that our code retains its original attributes, so that users are able to clearly identify the developers and the brand behind the program.". Euro-Office is a more comprehensive office productivity package of IONOS which aims to challenge Microsoft Office 365 and Google Workspaces offerings in Europe.

Submission + - Google Sounds Alarm Over Europe's Tech Sovereignty Package

Submitted by Elektroschock
Elektroschock writes: Kent Walker, Alphabets Global Affairs VP and Chief Legal Officer, pushes against open source policies in the European Union. Mr. Walker is not a European citizen or resident.

The company warned that Brussels’ policies aimed at reducing dependence on American tech companies could harm competitiveness. According to Google, the idea of replacing current tools with open-source programs would not contribute to economic growth.

Submission + - Consultation Without Continuity: Open Source and the Digital Networks Act (europa.eu)

Submitted by Elektroschock
Elektroschock writes: The recent European Commission’s call for evidence on open ecosystems, led by Leontina Sandu of the DIGIT department, attracted an impressive number of 1,658 contributions. Open Source developers demonstrated their creativity by developing tools to extract and analyse these contributions. Yet, the Commission’s handling of open source remains highly inconsistent. Strikingly, the recent Digital Networks Act (DNA) legislative proposal of the European Commission does not even acknowledge open source or the Open Internet Stack. How absurd is it in 2026 to talk about internet infrastructure without saying a single word about open source?

Submission + - European Open Digital Ecosystem Strategy (europa.eu)

Submitted by Elektroschock
Elektroschock writes: The European Commission is stepping up its efforts behind open-source software, rolling out a new open ecosystem strategy to support EU technological sovereignty, competitiveness and cybersecurity. Building on President von der Leyen’s political guidelines, the initiative will review the Commission’s 2020–2023 open-source approach and set out concrete actions to strengthen Europe’s open-source ecosystem across key areas such as cloud, artificial intelligence, cybersecurity and industrial technologies. The strategy will be presented alongside the upcoming Cloud and AI Development Act, forming a broader policy package aimed at reducing strategic dependencies and boosting Europe’s digital resilience.

Submission + - European policymakers discuss digital independence (youtube.com)

Submitted by Elektroschock
Elektroschock writes: As the new term of the European Commission begins, policymakers from various political groups (Agenda, Stream) convened yesterday in the European Parliament to discuss strategies for ensuring Europe's Digital Independence and addressing the challenges of technology lock-in. A key takeaway from the discussions was that relying solely on open-source contributors for the Eurostack is not enough—there's a pressing need for substantial public investment.

Submission + - EU asks the public about data privacy framework with the US

Submitted by Elektroschock
Elektroschock writes: The European Commission asks for public input on their data privacy framework with the US. A French contributor spilled the milk:

The DPF doesn't protect any of us in the EU from NSA spying and Fisa 702 & Cloud Act legal requests from US Justice

.The agreements prior to the EU-US DPF were invalidated by the European Court for these reasons.

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Submission + - Oracle asks OpenOffice community members to leave (openoffice.org)

Submitted by Elektroschock
Elektroschock writes: In an unprecedented move with respect to other forks Oracle asks the founders of the Document Foundation and LibreOffice to leave the OpenOffice.org Community Council. Apparently there is a conflict of interest which concerns the Oracle employees.

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