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Tariffs Spark Shift to Open Source (news.opensuse.org)

submitted 2 weeks ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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The European Commission sees open-source software as more than an IT tool. Policy makers are encouraging open-source ecosystems to drive innovation, autonomy and collaboration in a world where global trade is being redrawn.

This trade dispute highlights something most open-source advocates have known for years: open source is freedom. It’s freedom from monopolies, freedom from arbitrary pricing, and freedom from foreign influence.

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[–] [email protected] 20 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Free trade isn't exploitation.

In fact tariffs are just costing you more.

There is zero chance the USA will have anything to replace the amount you import in the term trump serves let alone a decade from now.

The USA will never compete with child slave labour in China and Mexico etc either.