Kroah-Hartman: Linux Kernel Maintainer on CRA Open Source Impact

ATLANTA — Technology companies and developers are finally realizing that they’ll need to deal with the European Union’s (EU) Cyber Resilience Act (CRA). Fortunately, as Greg Kroah-Hartman, maintainer of the Linux kernel stable branch, explained at KubeCon + CloudNativeCon North America 2025, if you’re an individual open source developer, you don’t have much to worry about. It’s a different story, however, if your code ends up in commercial products for the EU market.

Understanding the EU Cyber Resilience Act (CRA)

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