# EU CRA: The compiler does not read the comments, but judges do read the Recitals

DevFeed: [EU CRA: The compiler does not read the comments, but judges do read the Recitals](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/eu-cra-the-compiler-does-not-read-the-comments-but-judges-do-read-the-recitals-36390.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://berthub.eu/articles/posts/eu-cra-recitals-comments-compiler-judge/>)

Published: 2023-12-29T18:56:56Z

Content type: opinion

Language: en

Sources: [Bert Hubert's writings](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/bert-hubert-s-writings.md>)

Topics: [cyber resilience act](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/cyber-resilience-act.md>), [Open Source](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/open-source.md>)

Tags: [cyber-resilience-act](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/cyber-resilience-act.md>), [eclipse-foundation](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/eclipse-foundation.md>), [eu](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/eu.md>), [europe](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/europe.md>), [legal](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/legal.md>), [open-source](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/open-source.md>)

## AI overview

This emergency blog post discusses the final compromise text of the EU Cyber Resilience Act and argues that it mostly excludes open-source authors and programmers from its effects. It explains that the relevant provisions appear largely in the act's recitals and addresses possible misinterpretations of those provisions.

## Source excerpt

A bit of an "emergency blog post". The final compromise text of the EU Cyber Resilience Act is now available, and various open source voices are now opining on it. This is a complex act and other parts of the open source world (like the Eclipse Foundation and NLNet Labs) have been hard at work to advocate with the EU and member states to get a CRA that is good for open source.