[OSGeo-Discuss] About organizing a general strike

[Mateusz Loskot]

+1

On Fri, 11 Sept 2026 at 09:32, 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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