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Post #1864204

2025-11-29 20:43 UTC

Petition in Germany to recognize unpaid contribution to free and open source software projects as 'society-beneficial volunteering' (ehrenamt)! This will give volunteering for e.g. @postmarketOS , @freifunk , @kde , @nextcloud , @Mastodon and other libre projects the same legal status as taking care of an elderly family member or volunteering for a youth association, which provides tax benefits and relaxes requirements for receiving unemployment benefits. Interested people may sign it using one of the two following links. The petition in german language: https://www.openpetition.de/petition/online/anerkennung-von-open-source-arbeit-als-ehrenamt-in-deutschland#petition-main The petition in english language: https://www.openpetition.de/petition/online/recognition-of-work-on-open-source-as-volunteering-in-germany News article (German): https://www.heise.de/news/Petition-Open-Source-Arbeit-soll-als-Ehrenamt-gelten-11094436.html News article (English): https://www.heise.de/en/news/Petition-Open-source-work-should-count-as-volunteer-activity-11095357.html The petition is organized by @webvision. If you're not a resident of Germany, go ahead and use this thread to organize similar initiatives in your country of residence. #deutschland #foss #floss #volunteer #ehrenamt #freiwilligkeit #openSource #freeSoftware

Replies (10)

  • @4censord@unfug.social 2025-11-30 12:53

    @papiris@hachyderm.io hmm is there a reason this isnt on the petitions platform from the bund?

    Open ##2192114

  • @aiono@mastodon.social 2025-11-30 14:55

    @papiris@hachyderm.io @postmarketOS@social.treehouse.systems @freifunk@social.freifunk.net @kde@floss.social @nextcloud@mastodon.xyz @Mastodon@mastodon.social is it enough only to be a resident, e.g. not a citizen?

    Open ##2192138

  • @fell@ma.fellr.net 2025-11-30 22:14

    @papiris@hachyderm.io @postmarketOS@social.treehouse.systems @freifunk@social.freifunk.net @kde@floss.social @nextcloud@mastodon.xyz @Mastodon@mastodon.social My wife brought an interesting argument to this topic: She is not opposing this, not at all, but she argued that technically not the whole community would benefit from open source because often in practice open source is more of a hobbyist niche. KDE, for example, isn't something your neighbour would care about. I do kind of agree, but I also think this is changing rapidly and more people are interested in learning about open source.

    Open ##2192140

  • @mirabilos@toot.mirbsd.org 2025-12-01 05:10

    @papiris@hachyderm.io @postmarketOS@social.treehouse.systems @freifunk@social.freifunk.net @kde@floss.social @nextcloud@mastodon.xyz @Mastodon@mastodon.social warum ist das auf einer nutzlosen Drittanbieterplattform statt auf epetitionen beim Bundestag?

    Open ##2192143

  • @anselmschueler@ieji.de 2025-12-01 05:15

    @papiris@hachyderm.io @postmarketOS@social.treehouse.systems @freifunk@social.freifunk.net @kde@floss.social @nextcloud@mastodon.xyz @Mastodon@mastodon.social why not an official Bundestag initiative?

    Open ##2192145

  • a step towards UBI, Universal Basic Income .

    Open ##2192147

  • @castarco@hachyderm.io 2025-12-01 11:03

    @papiris@hachyderm.io This is interesting, but I fear it could be very easily abused by open-source-but-not-community projects, such as tons of VC-backed projects that only use open source as bait, but ultimately don't really contribute to the commons nor society at large (we have plenty of examples: cryptocurrencies, blockchain projects, AI-hyped software...)

    Open ##2192148

  • @ajinkyapdahale@mstdn.social 2025-12-02 04:14

    @papiris@hachyderm.io @postmarketOS@social.treehouse.systems @freifunk@social.freifunk.net @kde@floss.social @nextcloud@mastodon.xyz @Mastodon@mastodon.social @webvision@mastodon.social As a non-German/non-EU'er who has spent some time volunteering full time, and subsequently has struggled to visit your region for meetings/events that only happen there, I request this petition also includes FOSS contributions as a recognition of experience for visa/immigration purposes.

    Open ##2192150

  • @jrp@hub.kliklak.net 2025-12-02 13:14

    @@papiris@hachyderm.io Signed.

    Open ##2192151

  • @Rania@freesewing.social 2026-05-17 09:08

    @papiris@hachyderm.io @postmarketOS@social.treehouse.systems @freifunk@social.freifunk.net @kde@floss.social @nextcloud@mastodon.xyz @Mastodon@mastodon.social @webvision@mastodon.social I’m Rania from Gaza πŸ’” We lost our home, and now my children and I are living in a fragile tent with no protection from the cold, heat, or insects. My children suffer every day, and I am unable to provide their basic needs πŸ’” Please don’t leave us alone. Any donation or share could help us survive πŸ™πŸ€ πŸ”— Help & donation link in bio.

    Open ##3202241