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I think if we're to move to away from these US products to open source ones, then governments should also provide resources or funding to develop them using the
by deanc 7mo ago
I think if we're to move to away from these US products to open source ones, then governments should also provide resources or funding to develop them using the licensing fees they save. Is the Danish government contributing back to libreoffice?
- hermanzegerman 7mo agoThe German State of Schleswig Holstein does https://euro-stack.com/blog/2025/3/schleswig-holstein-open-source-digital-sovereignty https://euro-stack.com/blog/2025/3/schleswig-holstein-open-s...
- wolvoleo 7mo agoThere's a lot more than just one municipality. The French government uses a lot of open source and is actively working on la suite.. The gendarmerie has been on Linux for years. Nato is using matrix (noteworthy especially because America is of course part of that) https://element.io/en/case-studies/nato https://element.io/en/case-studies/nato https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GendBuntu https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GendBuntu
- toomuchtodo 7mo agoIndeed, take what you're paying US Big Tech and direct it to domestic EU enterprises, corporate or non profit.
- trinsic2 7mo agoAgreed. There should be some structure setup for open source projects to request contribution fees. Having stuff like this in plain sight might help orgs play nice.