KDEFeb 3

This petition wants contributing to Free Software to be legally and officially recognized as volunteering in Germany on the same level as youth work or ambulance service:

https://www.openpetition.de/petition/online/recognition-of-work-on-open-source-as-volunteering-in-germany#petition-main

This would bring fiscal and funding advantages for FLOSS organizations and the volunteers themselves.

If you are a German citizen, please sign the petition and let's get our volunteers the recognition they deserve!

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Photo credit: FSFE.

Show threadKDEFeb 3

Do you have something similar in your country? Why not help your national FLOSS projects get the status and support they often desperately need? Start your own petition!

@tdforg @gnome @Blender @fedora @Krita @kdenlive @videolan @fsfe

Show threadPixel DunnFeb 3
@kde nope i don't. in my country they care mostly about using american tech (gafam), and where funding OSS (not saying about FLOSS)…
Show threadwojtekFeb 3
@hacknorris @kde just because the government is shitty doesn't mean there aren't grassroots initiatives to push FOSS usage…
Show threadPixel DunnFeb 3
@wojtek @kde yeah. possibly only a pack of 10 guys over irc. i doubt more…
Show threadwojtekFeb 3
@hacknorris @kde just found this lovely comparison… "it ain't that bad" it seems? ;)
Show threadLisPiFeb 5
@wojtek @hacknorris @kde How long would it really be a problem though?

Disruption would not last for all that long in a number of fields, or would be avoided because the systems are airgapped and simply won't get the signal to stop.
Show threadwojtek

@lispi314 @kde @hacknorris probably not that long.

Even if it wasn't done by trump flipping the switch but rather self-inflicted "disconnecting" from the usanian tech, while there would be short-medium term pain it would be completely worth it long term (independence from the clown and the circus; boosting investment in local tech sector). Sadly we are driven by periodic (with very short cadence) elections so inflicting this on population by the politics would probably lead to loosing subsequent elections…

Feb 5 at 5:58pmWeb