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>>Philip+(OP)
Great idea, I think there should be some conditions.

a) you should not be the owner (to avoid pet projects that are not actually useful) of the project or at least not the sole owner

b) ideally it should be some high impact projects that have little to no corpo sponsors as opposed to something like React

c) if your contribution is not merged in, it should not count as "work done"

>>netdev+p4
All my silly pet projects which are otherwise quite useless, were nonetheless very useful as didactic exercises.

>>retrac+Ti
Useful for you and your personal career growth, yes.

Important civic service that should be recognized, no.

>>Aurorn+Lk
I must completely misunderstand the purpose of the German system of conscription. I thought the point was to train the reserve populace in relevant skills to defence and public functioning, not just to extract labour.

>>retrac+5l
> I must completely misunderstand the purpose of the German system of conscription

Conscription would be compulsory enlistment for service. That is, the government selects you for the work and you have no choice but to do it. It’s a rarely used practice almost exclusively employed for military service.

The topic of this petition is civic service. Civic service is volunteer work done for the good of the community. Civic service work needs to have a direct public benefit, not simply claiming that it makes you personally better educated.