<![CDATA[The German FLOSS scene needs your help]]>German FLOSS developers often find themselves in a situation where they “need a non-profit association for the project, because of trademarks or event management or maintenance ...”. In most cases, they choose a purpose that has nothing to do with the development of free and open source software. Simply because there is no FLOSS development on the positive list for registration as a non-profit association.

We have been working hard to convince the tax authorities to add the development of Floss to the list. So far without success.

Now a new petition has been launched. If you believe that the development of free and open source software should be part of the positive list for registering a non-profit organization, sign here ->

https://www.openpetition.de/petition/online/anerkennung-von-open-source-arbeit-als-ehrenamt-in-deutschland

]]>https://forum.cloudron.io/topic/14640/the-german-floss-scene-needs-your-helpRSS for NodeSat, 18 Apr 2026 16:20:29 GMTFri, 28 Nov 2025 10:57:22 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to The German FLOSS scene needs your help on Fri, 28 Nov 2025 14:32:42 GMT]]>@luckow thanks for sharing, got my signature.

]]>https://forum.cloudron.io/post/116179https://forum.cloudron.io/post/116179Fri, 28 Nov 2025 14:32:42 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to The German FLOSS scene needs your help on Fri, 28 Nov 2025 13:03:46 GMT]]>Orgs can change their charter after registration.

Is it not possible to have a FOSS holding org for all FOSS projects until this is resolved?

Similar to the FSF in US.

]]>https://forum.cloudron.io/post/116174https://forum.cloudron.io/post/116174Fri, 28 Nov 2025 13:03:46 GMT