The European Commission sees open-source software as more than an IT tool. Policy makers are encouraging open-source ecosystems to drive innovation, autonomy and collaboration in a world where global trade is being redrawn.

This trade dispute highlights something most open-source advocates have known for years: open source is freedom. It’s freedom from monopolies, freedom from arbitrary pricing, and freedom from foreign influence.

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[–] Eezyville@sh.itjust.works 50 points 5 days ago (1 children)

SEE!!! Trump is doing some good! It's about time the power was taken from these arrogant, invasive, Silicon Valley companies.

[–] SirQuack@feddit.nl 1 points 3 days ago

Isn't that what the tariffs and general idiocracy of the Republicans are for?

I'm working for the government, and most projects that were about switching to MS Teams and other US-based software suites appear to have crashed to a complete halt (which I feel no remorse over).