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@kirschner@mastodon.social · 2 weeks ago

I highly recommend everyone to watch @nicorikken 's talk about challenges in using #IEC #standards in #FreeSoftware . Issues like that have a huge impact in our daily lives.

(Nico is also a long term volunteer of the @fsfe but this talk is in his work capacity for Alliander)

https://lfenergysummiteu2025.sched.com/event/26J0P/challenges-in-using-iec-standards-in-open-source-nico-rikken-alliander

LF Energy Summit Europe 2025: Challenges in Using IEC Standards in Ope...

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Summary slide with those points:

1. Standards are not publicly available
2. Protocol license is not open source compatible :
3. Uncertainty on public license by IEC
4. Code components are incomplete
5. Different versions via different channels
6. Hard to even discuss the challenges

On the other frame person behind standing desk at conference — Summary slide with those points: 1. Standards are not publicly available 2. Protocol license is not open source compatible : 3. Uncertainty on public license by IEC 4. Code components are incomplete 5. Different versions via different channels 6. Hard to even discuss the challenges On the other frame person behind standing desk at conference

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