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Contributing to Open-Source Should Be Required, Like Jury Duty (www.joshbeckman.org)
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[–] freeman@feddit.org 1 points 1 week ago

Maybe it could count for Civil Service, like the Zivildienst in Switzerland, where you do work for your country instead of doing the mandatory military training.

Like that the programmers or other nerds can contribute to greater things instead of working their minds numb in a hospital or sth.