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Petition to formally recognize open source work as civic service in Germany
(www.openpetition.de)
this post was submitted on 29 Nov 2025
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This is an awesome idea! So basically you can do open source work if you're between jobs. Keeps your skills, gets you paid and gives back.
I think it only means if you do get paid reasonable amounts for open source work, you don't have to pay tax on that.
So between jobs it shouldn't matter since you wouldn't pay taxes anyway, unless you worked a lot and received a lot of donations. But if you contribute after hours of a regular job, this would ensure you still get the full amount the foss project receives.
There is also mention of assistance with administration, which I'm not sure what that entails.
Oh, less great. Let's one day do the full government paycheck thing. If anyone proposes that I will vote yes on it. We vote for school taxes to make new schools. Why not pay for new programs if we use those in schools too. Am I right? But a tax write off I guess its not bad.