On 12/1/25 9:58 PM, Matthias Geiger wrote:
I thought I'd bring some attention to a petition that is currently being held.
without a deal it will be a path of destroying, as they destroyed all other great German companies. do not give them attention without a deal!
It aims to gets opensource work officially recognized as volunteer work in Germany (at a legal level). Volunteer work in Germany e.g. has tax benefits, and this would mean opensource work would have the same status as e.g. being a volunteer firefighter.
imho, the goal should be to bring Debian as software into the German authorities. if they are convinced then a deal is required. Good night and lights off, Dirk
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