[OSGeo-Discuss] About organizing a general strike

[Andreas Hocevar]

+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.

Kind regards,
Andreas.

On Fri, Sep 11, 2026 at 9:32 AM Even Rouault via Discuss <
discuss at lists.osgeo.org> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> People are generally shy about expressing opinions that might appear to
> be revolutionnary, but it is always interesting to speak up to count forces
>
> So I propose a general strike from the OSGeo community
>
> Motivation: that's actually the gist of the debate there is so much
> things about why we could strike. But here in France, we don't really
> need a good reason to strike. This is part of the life style, of live
> hygiene.
>
> So here's my motion:
>
> "OSGeo developers start a general strike. Motives to follow up in next
> press release, or not."
>
> Starting with my +1
>
> Even
>
> And no, this is not a prank.
>
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> My software is free, but my time generally not.
> LLMs contribute to global warming and brain rot.
> Let's guillotine them! "Ah ! ça ira, ça ira, ça ira !"
>
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