If Open Source Stops Being Global, It Stops Being Open
FOSS FORCE, Monday, September 22nd, 2025
Geopolitics increasingly pushes the technology landscape towards local control. Europe is debating if it should 'buy European.' Washington pressures allies to stop big tech regulation. Chinese hackers got caught trying to slip back doors into open source projects. Sanctions forced Linus Torvalds to bar Russian maintainers from controlling kernel subsystems.
In this climate, one might ask: can open source still be global?
Open Source Has Always Been Global
The answer lies in what open source really is: a model of control - not by vendors or governments, but by users. Anyone can inspect, improve, and adapt the code.