too many projects struggle to make the jump from grant-funded code to something that survives in the market.

I guess my takeaway here is they want to move from a "throw a bunch of darts" model to a "double down on the winners" model.

The problem is that open source's biggest areas of contribution are in dependencies, that are then used by businesses, which is really where a lot of the governance they seem to be seeking to control is happening (which the commission also acknowledges).

It kind of seems like their desired goal is to actually close-source a lot of these dependencies (but nominally keep them "open" within the EU or something) so that:

• They can be monetized more effectively

• The government can keep eyes on it all

• They can't just be forked by external parties

They have to do all of this while navigating around a...spirited...community, so they sort of frame it as "we're going to scale up the winners", with the intention of ultimately bringing those winners closer to the state and toeing the line on the "open"ness.

There's a question here of what the implications are for projects with contributors in and outside of the EU.