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Call for Open Source WG Presentations (RIPE91, Bucharest, October 21st, 2025)
by Marco d'Itri 20 Oct '25

20 Oct '25

Dear Working Group members, We now invite you to submit your proposals for the Open Source Working Group session taking place during RIPE 91. From RIPE 91 onwards, all plenary and working group proposals can be submitted through the same system, Pretalx. Please submit your proposals by 25 September 2025. How to submit your talk: 1. Go to the RIPE 91 Call for Presentations page and click on "Submit a topic": https://ripe91.ripe.net/present/call-for-presentations/ . 2. Follow the instructions to set up an account on Pretalx. [1] 3. Important: When filling in the submission form, please pay attention to the dropdown menu under "Track". This is where you select which working group (track) you would like to submit your talk for. In general, each talk is 15-30 mins including Q&A (depending on how much time is needed). If you have some idea and are not sure how/if you should present something, then feel free to contact us as well to discuss the idea! Remote presentations are also possible. As always, we are planning to reserve some time at the end of the WG session for lightning talks. These short (5 to 10 minutes max) updates/talks are decided on the day before the WG session on a time/space available basis. No need to submit to us anything for lightning talks at this time, but you are welcome to do so. [1] Detailed instructions on how to use Pretalx are available here: https://ripe91.ripe.net/present/how-to-submit-a-talk/ Thanks, Marco, Marcos and Sasha, Your Open Source WG Chairs -- ciao, Marco

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RIPE 91 OSS wg draft agenda online
by Marcos Sanz 11 Oct '25

11 Oct '25

Dear all, our draft agenda is now online and we hope it can convince you to join us at 9am in the morning of a Wednesday <https://ripe91.ripe.net/programme/meeting-plan/sessions/28/> https://ripe91.ripe.net/programme/meeting-plan/sessions/28/ Looking forward to meeting you all in Bucharest, Marcos

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Draft minutes RIPE 90
by Marcos Sanz 10 Oct '25

10 Oct '25

Dear all, here follow the minutes of our last wg session in Lisbon: https://www.ripe.net/community/wg/active-wg/os/minutes/open-source-working-g roup-minutes-ripe-90/ Please read them and let us know about any wished corrections. Best regards and have a nice weekend, Marcos

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Measuring CRA awareness across OS community
by Romain Bosc 06 Oct '25

06 Oct '25

Colleagues, Something I spotted that could be of interest to this group: FYI, the Open Source Security Foundation, LF Europe, and LF Research are fielding a survey to measure awareness about the recently adopted EU Cyber Resilience Act on a worldwide scale. The survey should take between 5 and 10 minutes, and closes at the end of this week with the goal being to publish the survey data and related report by mid-March. Link: https://www.research.net/r/MR35RMF All best Romain -- Romain Bosc Sr Public Policy & Governance Officer RIPE NCC E: rbosc(a)ripe.net

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Nominet DNS Fund
by Lizzie Griffiths 03 Oct '25

03 Oct '25

Hello, Nominet have launched a fund designed to support both the innovation and maintenance of open source DNS projects. We have identified your publication/newsletter as a valuable opportunity to help us reach our intended audience of applicants. We wondered whether you would consider posting some information on our behalf please. We have included some basic information below but please do let us know if you prefer a different format or need more from us. Applications are open to The Nominet DNS Fund, an initiative designed to support both the innovation and maintenance of open source projects that are vital to the internet’s infrastructure. If you or your team are working on projects that strengthen the backbone of the web, we invite you to apply for funding. Key Details * Primary goal: Fund and improve the security, long-term sustainability, and resilience of DNS open source projects. * Focus: Open source critical infrastructure components relevant to the development, deployment, and operation of the global DNS. * Funding available: £370,000 available in this round, with a maximum of £100k per applicant. * Key dates: applications open on 17th September and will close 26th October. The Nominet DNS Fund is committed to responsible, transparent support for the open source community and welcomes applications from a diverse range of contributors. Nominet operate the UK’s national domain name registry for the millions of individuals and businesses who rely on it every single day. As a public benefit company, we run .UK for the greater good, and work with our members to help bring the benefits of the internet to all. Learn more and apply here: https://nominet.uk/nominet-<https://nominet.uk/?page_id=71982>dns-fund/<https://nominet.uk/?page_id=71982> Please feel free to share this with anyone who might be interested!

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Open Source WG Chair selection - Looking for candidates
by Marcos Sanz 20 Sep '25

20 Sep '25

Dear all, it's two months until the next fall RIPE meeting - and this means it's time again for a Working Group Chair Selection. Our working group has currently 3 chairs: * Marco d'Itri (Since RIPE 90) * Sasha Romjin (Since RIPE 88) * Marcos Sanz (Since RIPE 84) None of us is currently considering stepping down as a WG chair, however we would like to hear from the community if there are any candidates willing to step up. Depending on the resonance and on the specific candidate(s), I personally (as the longest standing chair) would consider either withdrawing from further terms or standing myself for re-selection against the new candidate(s). Criteria/Expectations of a WG chair: - You have attended multiple physical RIPE meetings before (and are familiar with how RIPE works) - You will be attending most RIPE meetings while serving as a chair in person - You will attend this Fall meeting session (Physical or Virtual) For more details, see the Guide for New RIPE Working Group Chairs ( <https://www.ripe.net/publications/docs/ripe-765/> https://www.ripe.net/publications/docs/ripe-765/) or the RIPE Working Group Chair e-learning course ( <https://academy.ripe.net/course/info.php?id=16> https://academy.ripe.net/course/info.php?id=16) If you are interested in serving as a WG chair: Nomination period is until Sept 19th, 2025, 23:59 UTC. Send an email to <mailto:opensource-wg-chairs@ripe.net> opensource-wg-chairs(a)ripe.net to make us aware of your candidacy before this deadline. In the email, please include a short biography and a statement about why you are interested in this position. The day after the aforementioned deadline we will send an email to the list with all candidates, their submitted bio and with a summary of previous RIPE attendance. Then we will open a discussion thread on the list for feedback, statement of support for specific candidates and any other feedback in regard to them. In parallel, the working group chairs will conduct interviews with all candidates (and would politely ask them to make time for these calls and get back to us in a timely manner). Time is short and we need to be prepared before the meeting! Please be aware, these are not elections, but selections. The ultimate decision is taken by the remaining WG chairs as all the chairs need to work together. Marcos (for all current WG co-chairs)

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Re: Interested in CRA standards for network management systems?
by Valerie Aurora 21 Jul '25

21 Jul '25

On 7/12/25 16:53, Paul Menzel wrote: > Dear Marcos, dear Valery, > Am 11.07.25 um 08:35 schrieb Marcos Sanz: >>> Am 07.07.25 um 18:15 schrieb Valerie Aurora via opensource-wg: >>>> I'm part of the team that is developing the CRA vertical standard >>>> for network management systems. >>> Excuse my ignorance, but what is CRA? >> Cyber Resilience Act. Valerie seems to be involved in this (which I admire): >> https://www.etsi.org/newsroom/press-releases/2545-etsi-leverages- global-technical-expertise-to-support-the-eu-cyber-resilience-act That's the one. :) Thanks for replying and for the compliment! > Thank you. I didn’t make the connection, that from that low a standardization progress follows. > Being ignorant about standards, I wonder what the difference between a server and switch is supposed to be, and why “network management systems” and servers should be treated differently. The short version is, "because the people who wrote the legislation thought they should be." :) More seriously, these categories are being clarified and redefined, and part of the work is using our technical expertise to define things better. They are also trying to distinguish different types and levels of risk. If someone compromises a single router, they can misroute or sniff traffic or MiM or inject garbage at that point. If someone compromises a network management system, they can order all the network devices it manages to update their config to trust and route through a malicious router, or simply go offline. Speaking of, I could still use someone with open source NMS experience interested in sitting in on a 2 hour meeting every 2 weeks for the next few months. Let me know if you are interested and I will tell you more. :) Valerie

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Interested in CRA standards for network management systems?
by Valerie Aurora 12 Jul '25

12 Jul '25

Hi all, I'm part of the team that is developing the CRA vertical standard for network management systems. One thing we would find really valuable is having an expert in at least one open source NMS participating in the NMS standards meetings. Normally, you would have to be an employee of a company that is a member of ETSI to do this. But we have a way that we can make an open source community member an ETSI delegate. Do you know anyone who has this expertise and would be interested in improving the CRA standard for NMS? Thanks, Valerie

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Project Maintenance Terms project
by Valerie Aurora 21 Jun '25

21 Jun '25

I thought this was an interesting project: This repository is an effort to create a short snippet of text to add to a README or other file making it explicit that the creators or maintainers of software provided free and as-is will not accept any further burdens or impositions with respect to responsiveness, maintenance or updates, particularly any attempts to impose obligations, schedules, or to define any other terms of engagement. https://github.com/mhoye/maintenance-terms More discussion from the author here: https://mastodon.social/@mhoye/114705202798599910 I'm curious if the folks here who sell support contracts already have some language around not providing free maintenance, or other related thoughts? Valerie

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Draft minutes of RIPE 89
by Marcos Sanz 14 May '25

14 May '25

Dear all, we realized yesterday, and we are a bit ashamed to admit, that we forgot to publish/announce the minutes of our last meeting in Prague. Here they are: <https://www.ripe.net/community/wg/active-wg/os/minutes/open-source-working- group-minutes-ripe-89/> https://www.ripe.net/community/wg/active-wg/os/minutes/open-source-working-g roup-minutes-ripe-89/ Please read them and send any corrections, if need be, because we'd like to declare them final during our Thursday session (tomorrow!) We apologize for this last minute rush, Marcos (for all co-chairs)

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