Post #1578933

2026-04-21 23:06 UTC

The top appeals court of the European Union has once again found that standards referenced from safety law must be made &quot;freely accessible under a system of access which is general, effective, without charge and non-discriminatory.&quot; I assume CEN/CENELEC and the national standards bodies it works with are urgently seeking a new business model. https://curia.europa.eu/site/upload/docs/application/pdf/2026-04/cp260060en.pdf https://infocuria.curia.europa.eu/tabs/jurisprudence?sort=DOC_DATE-DESC&amp;searchTerm=%22C-155%2F24%22&amp;publishedId=C-155%2F24 #Standards #Copyright

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@InsertUser@en.osm.town 2026-04-22 09:08

@webmink nah, the'll just do their usual nonsense along the lines of: You can absolutely read them for free, for up to two hours at a time, having booked in in advance to travel to our reading room in the most expensive city to get to in the county.

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@alisonw@hachyderm.io 2026-04-22 10:53

@webmink Only £125! https://www.screwfix.com/p/iet-bs-7671-2018-a4-2026-18th-edition-amendment-4-wiring-regulations-requirements-for-electrical-installations

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@IvanSanchez@mastodon.social 2026-04-22 11:49

@webmink I'm doing some follow-up work on the BOSCO ruling (TL;DR: If a program implements a law, the source code must be accesible; https://civio.es/novedades/2025/11/17/this-is-the-landmark-ruling-that-sets-a-new-standard-for-algorithmic-transparency-in-spain/ ). Could you please point me to more EU rulings about standards and/or source code? I'd like to build a good list for further reference/action in the future.

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@adamshostack@infosec.exchange 2026-04-22 14:52

@webmink ISO what you did there!

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@jones@mvm.lol 2026-04-22 17:23

@webmink I assume this will result in laws referencing "Common standards that reflect the state of the art", rather than naming them outright. Are there provisions preventing this?

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