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King to Open Source@lemmy.ml · 2 days ago

Petition to formally recognize open source work as civic service in Germany

www.openpetition.de

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Petition to formally recognize open source work as civic service in Germany

www.openpetition.de

King to Open Source@lemmy.ml · 2 days ago
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Anerkennung von Open-Source-Arbeit als Ehrenamt in Deutschland - Online-Petition
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Open-Source-Software bildet heute das Fundament großer Teile der digitalen Infrastruktur – in Verwaltung, Wirtschaft, Forschung und im täglichen Leben. Selbst im aktuellen Koalitionsvertrag der Bundesregierung wird Open-Source-Software als elementarer Baustein zur Erreichung digitaler Souveränität genannt. Dennoch wird die Arbeit, die tausende Freiwillige dafür leisten, in Deutschland steuer- und förderrechtlich nicht als Ehrenamt anerkannt. Dieses Ungleichgewicht zwischen gesellschaftlicher Bed
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    Sure, but why?

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      Monetary gains, mainly.

      You can make tax write-offs for work in an e.V. and also donations. Open source development would then be kind of state sponsored which is nice.

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      English version. It mentions the reasons

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