2026-04-20 19:42 UTC
Replies (8)
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@zodiepupper@meow.social 2026-04-20 20:51
@thephpf damn, that's awesome!!! we need to push for this everywhere!! its rough trying to do open source in the US imo
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@river@toot.cat 2026-04-20 21:16
@thephpf What effect does that have? I don't see anything about it on a scan of their webpage.
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@gimulnautti@mastodon.green 2026-04-20 21:28
@thephpf From Finland myself, but still signed. With comments!
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@Blf_tpe@phpc.social 2026-04-20 22:42
@thephpf Signed from Taiwan. Next step is a worldwide petition ^^
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@lo_fye@mastodon.social 2026-04-20 23:39
@thephpf signed!
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@ePirat@mastodon.social 2026-04-21 00:57
@thephpf @soatok Why is this not on https://epetitionen.bundestag.de but some third party site I never heard of?
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@LinHead@d-64.social 2026-04-21 05:14
@thephpf Unfortunately, this (unofficial) petition is not worded effectively and therefore futile. Under German law, individual work cannot be recognized as voluntary work in order to be tax-exempt. Only organizations can be recognized as non-profit, not the individual itself. The law (the so-called 'Abgabenordnung') must be changed so that FOSS becomes a recognized purpose for 'promoting the common good'. Only then can organizations be recognized as charitable and thus tax-exempt.
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@arendjr@mstdn.social 2026-04-21 09:44
@thephpf I used to be an advocate for this kind of recognition, but given the advent of AI, I’m afraid I can no longer support this kind of idea. Volunteer work should be a positive thing for society, but open-source development has become a rather contentious thing here, since the main beneficiaries are now society-wrecking billionaires who own the AI models.