Fund forgejo and Codeberg.
Yeah - GitHub is an extreme risk for the software landscape. It’s owned by Microsoft. Microsoft owns too much of the dev pipeline. They own GitHub. They own VS Code. They own npm. They own Azure. They are pushing the whole Copilot thing.
You really do not want that kind of dependency on a single company. And you really do not wish to be sanctioned by US government and lose that.
Oh, that would be a nice up yours. :D
What if EU only funds open source that is GPLv3 AND promises to aid the projects in litigation if someone breaks the license?
The EU should agree under the condition that GitHub becomes publicly owned and moves their main operations and servers to Europe.
Public entities funding open source development?
Yes, please!
… in collaboration with GitHub?
Fuck, no!
MS GitHub which feeds its AI with all that’s stored there? That GitHub?
GitHub wants open source devs paid? Microsoft’s GitHub? Fuck no!
Yes, the EU should fund open source devs. Hell, the world should, and immediately bury all tech companies.
However, I’m very afraid that this, as always, will end up with big tech companies pocketing billions whilst the real guys and gals in the trenches will get pelted with pocket change.
Please for the love of fuck, make sure that the money arrives at the real developers making real open source software. For one, the money should only go to projects that are GPL or comparable
as much as i hate thiel the ycombinator was an ingenious idea and use of capital. nothing in human history has had bigger returns on investment.
we need a morally aligned version of the ycombinator. we need zuckerbergs who won’t abscond open source early on but still have big money backing.
we need to build a better world and we need to use the right tools for the job.
