[denton-scratch]

> A field like software where a single individual can make a disproportionate contribution and where a lot of the FOSS we depend on every day was written at least partially by volunteers is probably quite alien to them.

Oh my! An awful lot of contributors to FOSS are europeans.

[redeeman]

but not eurocrats sitting in brussels thinking about how to regulate cucumbers and vacuum cleaning speeds

[troupo]

Literally every country does that. The US, for example outlaws Kinder Surprise.

Why are people so hung up on the EU?

[redeeman]

because this is a thread about EU policies?