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2025-11-29 20:43:17

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: openpetition.de/petition/onlin…

The petition in english language: openpetition.de/petition/onlin…

News article (German): heise.de/news/Petition-Open-So…

News article (English): heise.de/en/news/Petition-Open…

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

Open-Source-Entwickler fordern Gleichstellung mit Vereinsarbeit

Eine Petition fordert, ehrenamtliche Arbeit an Open-Source-Software rechtlich wie klassisches Ehrenamt zu behandeln – mit steuerlichen Vorteilen.

^{Moritz Förster (iX Magazin)}