The @EUCommission has cut important funds for #FreeSoftware in a non-transparent decision.
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The @EUCommission has cut important funds for #FreeSoftware in a non-transparent decision.
Raise your voice and take part in an ongoing consultation to ask for sustainable long-term funds for software freedom!
We explain why and how: https://fsfe.org/news/2024/news-20240911-02.html -
Tariqreplied to Free Software Foundation Europe last edited by
Is software truly free, or at least independent, if it can't survive without state or corporate support?
Just thinking aloud ... not sure of the answer yet.
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@rzeta0 @fsfe @EUCommission I think it is less about maintaining than igniting innovation.
As soon, e.g. Mastodon, becomes big enough to have its own network effect and sufficient (individual) backers it's easier to continue.
But starting from the ground up? It takes years before that might happen, and in the end it might just fail because of lack of resources.
That's what this programme, in my eyes, is for: pushing and jump starting promising projects, so they might surpass their threshold.
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Felix Urbasikreplied to Free Software Foundation Europe last edited by
@fsfe @EUCommission I don't know if my answers were submitted. The form seems to be reset. I hope it still worked; I spent a lot of time on writing the texts.
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Matthias Kirschnerreplied to Felix Urbasik last edited by
@fell
Thank you for helping. I also hope it got through.Maybe good for others to copy & paste answers in a file when working on a submission to have a backup of the answers and resubmit if unsure.
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Lutin Discretreplied to Free Software Foundation Europe last edited by
> ask for sustainable long-term funds
We should stop begging for tax money and build our own fund by making our companies join initiatives like @copiepublique