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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[–] sakphul@discuss.tchncs.de 0 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Thanks for sharing! I thought there had been something similar in the past, but I can't remember

[–] vk6flab@lemmy.radio 0 points 2 weeks ago

Apparently the petition went up in November 2025 and has a year to get enough signatures. Last I saw it was near to the halfway point of acceptance.

I came across it because I saw a post announcing that Inkscape was supporting it.

https://inkscape.org/news/2026/05/13/inkscape-supports-german-petition-to-recognize-ope/