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I've spent the last two years fighting against this: with the EU-DCC we were open source first. Everything is on Github split over two organisations - the contr

I've spent the last two years fighting against this: with the EU-DCC we were open source first. Everything is on Github split over two organisations - the contractor provide usable example implementations and the Technical Group have all of the specifications (including a lot of examples!) in our own github organisation. We also have a lot of libraries there, examples of the entire stack (from Soup to Nuts) and documentation which is maintained. My experience with the EUDI Wallet have been less good: there has been some very good work within the EC to use modern OSS tooling (markdown > Word Documents) but then they have standardised on using the Mobile Driver License, a specification which is hidden behind an ISO paywall. Given the enormous sums spent by the EC and Member States on these systems, everything - and I mean EVERYTHING - should be built on open standards. The EC/Member States are more than capable of setting up an Apache Foundation-like to handle all of this. I don't know what is lacking?

leoedin 3y ago
I suspect it's primarily due to the legislators simply not understanding or caring about these issues. We see it time and time again with issues around technology - the people writing the legislation just aren't interested enough to understand, and so are very susceptible to lobbying by people with vested interests.
blibble 3y ago
> The EC/Member States are more than capable of setting up an Apache Foundation-like to handle all of this. I don't know what is lacking? it is by design once you realise the EU is set up to prioritise the "Mittelstand" over all other parts of the economy everything makes sense