[hgs3]

> CRA will force many small enterprises and most probably all self employed developers out of business because they simply cannot fulfill the requirements imposed by CRA.

Isn't that the idea? If you can't innovate, litigate - see regulatory capture [1].

We hold the power, not the EU. Debian, FOSS developers, and small businesses world-wide should block EU IP addresses. No more Linux, no more Python, no more nothing. When the EU's digital infrastructure begins crumbling they'll change their tune.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regulatory_capture

[pabs3]

Blocking EU IPs would go against the open source definition and the Debian social contract; discrimination against groups of people.

[throwaway231228]

No, it would not.

Both are concerned with non-discriminatory _licensing._ That would remain the case.

Neither of those documents obligate anyone to provide the specific service of providing downloads to anyone else, or providing any act of distribution at all.

Nevertheless, not being able to access the Debian servers would be most unfortunate.

[pabs3]

Definitely disagree there. Debian blocking EU access would be ineffective too, there is a large network of third-party mirrors.