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"You are at the center of Open Source, Belgium, Europe, and the free world" "Open Source has always been political" "If we lose our democracies, Open Source is irrelevant and goes away" The #FOSDEM MC gets emotional and asks all of us to "choose wisely". Good start 💓
Español:"You are at the center of Open Source, Belgium, Europe, and the free world" "Open Source has always been political" "If we lose our democracies, Open Source is irrelevant and goes away" The #FOSDEM MC gets emotional and asks all of us to "choose wisely". Good start 💓
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Now, following that... Finding a seat at the FOSS Funding devroom was all too easy. Come on, this was not what I was promised! About to hear the fine folks of Open Collective talk about their #Exit2Community (I'm sure @ntnsndr.in@bsky.brid.gy would love this)
Español:Now, following that... Finding a seat at the FOSS Funding devroom was all too easy. Come on, this was not what I was promised! About to hear the fine folks of Open Collective talk about their #Exit2Community (I'm sure @ntnsndr.in@bsky.brid.gy would love this)
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lol
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Just saw a custom feed for #FOSDEM , thank you
@dhpollack.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy !
RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:4lkc2sfsc2yjl3qtix5f3jqd/feed/aaaatodcqipoa
Just saw a custom feed for #FOSDEM , thank you
@dhpollack.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy !
RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:4lkc2sfsc2yjl3qtix5f3jqd/feed/aaaatodcqipoa
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Donations 👏 don't 👏 scale 👏 The charity model is broken! Necessary words by @ox.ca@bsky.brid.gy at #FOSDEM
Español:Donations 👏 don't 👏 scale 👏 The charity model is broken! Necessary words by @ox.ca@bsky.brid.gy at #FOSDEM
@juanlu.space @ox.ca the followup was in the panel: Public Procurement for Digital Sovereignty
https://fosdem.org/2026/schedule/event/WKCBGM-procurement-sovereignty/ #FOSDEM
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Donations, pledges, and tech funds are "the coffee money". "Procurement buys vendors and warranties, not open code". All of this despite the fact that "97 % of audited codebases contain open source components", per Black Duck Open Source Security and Risk Analysis (OSSRA) 2025 report! #FOSDEM
Español:Donations, pledges, and tech funds are "the coffee money". "Procurement buys vendors and warranties, not open code". All of this despite the fact that "97 % of audited codebases contain open source components", per Black Duck Open Source Security and Risk Analysis (OSSRA) 2025 report! #FOSDEM
@juanlu.space #OpenSource components MUST be declared on all bids to a #PublicTender.
And more, the bidder MUST declare its #contributions to each project, or say it has none.