Jan Wildeboer 😷Jun 14, 2025

Open source/Free software projects are global by default (even by definition). Open to everyone. So please stop this nonsense about „european“ Open source that „we“ should invest in. Digital sovereignty with open source means global upstream, global cooperation and local implementation. But nationalist open source thinking simply isn’t the software freedom we are fighting for since many years.

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Show threadJan Wildeboer 😷Jun 14, 2025

Upstream development in FOSS is inclusive. Downstream use and implementation can be defined/limited by local laws, regulation, project governance and culture, depending on where and how it is used. Using FOSS in companies is different from use by authorities etc. But when you make upstream participation exclusive, you are not doing FOSS. Period. So. No matter how you organise your FOSS organisation, understand and respect this. Upstream = inclusive.

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Show threadJob Bautista
@jwildeboer Ideally this would be true (maybe downstream wouldn't even have restrictions). But upstream always being inclusive is not, especially during the period when the US was heavily restricting exports of strong cryptography. Strict "inclusivity" would've meant FreeS/WAN's development would quickly become illegal, because accepting contributions from the US would mean violating US export law. Not restricting the acceptance of patches there would most likely mean delaying a free implementation of IPsec for several years
Jun 14, 2025 at 11:29amWeb