Linux Foundation urges European firms to contribute more to open source

At Open Source Summit Europe in Prague, the Linux Foundation called on European companies to go beyond consuming open source and contribute upstream to strengthen digital sovereignty. A Linux survey found over 90% of European organisations see digital sovereignty as important to their technology strategy, while firms with advanced open source governance report returns above 4x versus 3.6x without it.

• Over 90% of European organisations call digital sovereignty a strategic priority
• Open source returns: above 4x with advanced governance vs 3.6x without it
• One in three GitHub pull requests now involves an AI agent, up from under one in ten a year ago
• Over 80% of developers doubt the accuracy of data from AI models