Vittelius@feddit.org to Europe@feddit.orgEnglish · 2 months agoGitHub Wants the EU to Fund Open Source, But Who Should Really Pay?www.omgubuntu.co.ukexternal-linkmessage-square19linkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
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minus-squareHotznplotzn@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 months agoWhy is Github, as a U.S. company, not asking the U.S. to fund Open Source?
minus-squareals@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 months agoThe only way the US gov would fund open source software if they can be convinced it can be used to kill kids in the middle east
minus-squarebrot@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 months agoTBH before the USA went totally batshit, they did fund a lot of open source software.
minus-squareLena@gregtech.eulinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 months agoProbably because the US government is insane. If Github is so adamant about funding open source, they can do it themselves, too (though I’m fully in favour of the EU funding FOSS). They are literally owned by Microsoft.
minus-squareKissaki@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 months agoGitHub is offering quite a lot for free to FOSS (and public repos in general). I wonder how much cost they have for all the CI minutes they sponsor?
minus-squarereev@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 months agoThe EU SHOULD fund open source, including but not limited to EU alternatives to GitHub.
Why is Github, as a U.S. company, not asking the U.S. to fund Open Source?
The only way the US gov would fund open source software if they can be convinced it can be used to kill kids in the middle east
TBH before the USA went totally batshit, they did fund a lot of open source software.
Probably because the US government is insane.
If Github is so adamant about funding open source, they can do it themselves, too (though I’m fully in favour of the EU funding FOSS). They are literally owned by Microsoft.
GitHub is offering quite a lot for free to FOSS (and public repos in general).
I wonder how much cost they have for all the CI minutes they sponsor?
The EU SHOULD fund open source, including but not limited to EU alternatives to GitHub.