👉 "The core issue is that open source contributors are not paid fairly. 60% of open-source maintainers are unpaid volunteers, and just 13% make a living as professional project maintainers, according to the 2023 State of the Open Source Maintainer Report."

Boosts appreciated 🚀

➡️ https://www.infoworld.com/article/3557846/how-do-we-fund-open-source.html

#FreeSoftware #OpenSource #FOSS #FLOSS #SoftwareLibre #Business #KDE #Research #Science #NLnet #softwareDevelopment

How do we fund open source?

Experts with deep experience across open-source software communities share their opinions on how to sustain this critical ecosystem.

^{Bill Doerrfeld (InfoWorld)}

Yo ya he puesto mi granito de arena pidiendo a Europa más #SoftwareLibre.

Quizás me he pasado explicando los beneficios y utilidades de éste en las casillas de texto... pero es que son tantas las cosas que podríamos conseguir...

Aquí tenéis el cuestionario a rellenar: https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/13880-Digital-Europe-programme-interim-evaluation/public-consultation_en

Y aquí tenéis el artículo de la @fsfe que te puede echar un cable: https://fsfe.org/news/2024/news-20240911-02.html

Vamos Europa, carajo, 🇪🇺 ❤️

@EUCommission

European Commission - Have your say

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