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Recognition of open-source work as voluntary work (www.ehrenamt-opensource.de)
submitted 1 month ago by cm0002@toast.ooo to c/opensource@programming.dev
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Call for open-source work to be recognised as voluntary work for the common good – on a par with voluntary work for community organisations, youth work or emergency services.

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[–] ikidd@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I don't want to think about the number of slop PRs this would generate.

[–] Kissaki@programming.dev 1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

You think tax-recongition of voluntary work will lead to people actively seeking voluntary work?

I don't think "lazy people" or uninterested people will go out of their way to do voluntary work either way.

Do you separate good-faith newbies and slop, or are they the same?

Either way, current voluntary work for the public good is not being recognized while other is. That seems misaligned.

[–] androidul@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

signed it, thanks for sharing!

[–] onlinepersona@programming.dev 1 points 1 month ago

Yes! Signed this a while back I think. Thank you for sharing. It only needs 30k signatures but only 11kpeople have signed since November 2025! Where are the devs?