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@ralph Maybe just a Free Software coop. I'm not sure I'd fancy working for the government, but getting #freesoftware into schools, hospitals (GNU Health), libraries and other public infrastructure would be worthwhile.
* does #freesoftware only, both consulting on existing software and developing new products * primarily focuses on local governments, non-profits and the like * has no office * has no hierarchy and no bosses * has no managers * employs free software developers from the whole world * maximize developer happiness * minimize meetings and bureaucracy
The reason I quoted company is that it doesn't even have to be a legal entity. Call it community if you like.
#FreeCulture and #FreeSoftware advocacy often focuses on remixability and hackability. I think another aspect is important to talk about, due to its universal appeal: permanence.
The tools we develop, the websites we build, the music we share under free&open licenses -- _they will be with us_ as long as we care to maintain and share them.
Free culture, in that sense, is an incredible cooperative enterprise across all humanity. It is unlike nearly any other endeavor. It is a joyful thing! :)
on the base of what I'm reading on Mastodon these days, in order to have a mobile platform that runs #freesoftware, we need a huge amount of money to suppot the development of our free software based infrastructure.
Hot off the presses: The digital ink is still wet on details about our #OpenSource Center funding opportunity for projects working in humanitarian response & international development. $150k USD up for grabs this month.
The @GIMP have just released 2.10 to the world! Six years of hard work and improvements are all wrapped up and now available! Congratulations to the GIMP team for all of their hard work and dedication to bring us such a great project!