<div dir="ltr">+1 from me, mostly because funding for Open Source software stops at feature development, leaving us with the much larger and growing burden of maintenance in our free time.<br><div><br></div><div>Kind regards,</div><div>Andreas.</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Fri, Sep 11, 2026 at 9:32 AM Even Rouault via Discuss <<a href="mailto:discuss@lists.osgeo.org">discuss@lists.osgeo.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">Hi,<br>
<br>
People are generally shy about expressing opinions that might appear to <br>
be revolutionnary, but it is always interesting to speak up to count forces<br>
<br>
So I propose a general strike from the OSGeo community<br>
<br>
Motivation: that's actually the gist of the debate there is so much <br>
things about why we could strike. But here in France, we don't really <br>
need a good reason to strike. This is part of the life style, of live <br>
hygiene.<br>
<br>
So here's my motion:<br>
<br>
"OSGeo developers start a general strike. Motives to follow up in next <br>
press release, or not."<br>
<br>
Starting with my +1<br>
<br>
Even<br>
<br>
And no, this is not a prank.<br>
<br>
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My software is free, but my time generally not.<br>
LLMs contribute to global warming and brain rot.<br>
Let's guillotine them! "Ah ! ça ira, ça ira, ça ira !"<br>
<br>
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