Avoiding the Success Trap: Toward Policy for Open-Source Software as Infrastructure

The Atlantic Council’s Cyber Statecraft Initiative is excited to present its new report, Avoiding the Success Trap: Toward Policy for Open-Source Software as Infrastructure, by Stewart Scott, Sara Ann Brackett, Trey Herr and Maia Hamin, in collaboration with the Open Source Policy Network.
High-profile security incidents involving open-source software (OSS) have brought the ubiquity of OSS and the unique challenges its communities face to the attention of policymakers in the United States, EU, and beyond. Avoiding the Success Trap builds on a familiar framing—OSS as infrastructure—to offer models for policymakers seeking to support the security and sustainability of OSS as a shared resource.
The report compares OSS to three infrastructure systems—water management systems, capital markets, and networks of roads and bridges—and draws on existing policy vehicles from each to suggest policy for OSS that promotes sustainable use, addresses systemic risks, and provides resources with security and sustainability in mind.

 
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