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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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[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 weeks ago

So, let us part with this few last words from me i write without wanting to anger you, just to with the hope you may contemplate about: "In todays age there is nothing apolitical. You are either a part of the solution... or of the problem".