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Tariffs Spark Shift to Open Source (news.opensuse.org)

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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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[-] SnotFlickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone 64 points 1 week ago

Here comes Europe, Fuck Yeah. Here to save the motherfucking day yeah.

[-] menemen@lemmy.ml 38 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Several EU countries already have fascists or borderline fascists in the government (Italy, the Netherlands, Hungary) or have a raising fascist force grabbing for power (e.g. Germany, Sweden).

Don't expect too much from the EU. We might very well overtake you on the road to open fascist total control.

[-] veaviticus@programming.dev 8 points 1 week ago

As long as it's an OSI approved open fascist, then I'm on board

[-] JustEnoughDucks@feddit.nl 14 points 1 week ago

Meanwhile the EU probably pushes for the 100th time to backdoor all communication encryption backed by fascists and Spain trying to put down the Catalans...

And the UK doing the same thing and also a big surveillance state...

Sadly nowhere is great right now.