Notices by Steve Herrick (steve@social.coop), page 20

@h @fabianhjr @KevinCarson1 Even as he promotes it, Michel is careful to describe it as Copyfair 1.0. So, I'll be curious to see what's next. Meanwhile, I'm going to go ahead and use it, even though you make some good points about it.

@h @fabianhjr @KevinCarson1 The focus is on worker ownership and distribution of surpluses to the worker-owners. It doesn't depend on the legal definition of the organization. It may not be perfect, but as a friend of mine likes to say, a good plan today is better than a perfect plan tomorrow.

@h @fabianhjr "Worker" for this purpose is a member of a worker co-op/collective.

Also, remember that worker co-ops/collectives are the only ones given permission *by default*, but nothing says the license-holder couldn't voluntarily grant permission to someone else. Michel Bauwens thinks the commons will be funded this way, but I think that's pretty optimistic.

@fabianhjr I'm about to start publishing my translations under it. I just wrote a short essay on it, and I hope to have a new website by the end of the week to post it on.

In short, the PPL flips "intellectual property" on its head, because labor can profit from it, while capital cannot.

@KitRedgrave Suggestions?

@seahorse @cocoron Time to build a whole lot more unionized worker co-ops.

@jjg My email is steve@interpreters.coop

I was nervous to use a jackhammer for the first time. Turns out, running a jackhammer is a walk in the park compared to hauling concrete.

@neil How's multimedia on pure Debian these days?

@jjg @h We should meet up sometime. I live on the east side, and my co-op will soon have an office on Willy St.

@jjg @h So, jjg, are you actually in Madison?

@h @jjg I have no idea. I suspect it was an accident.

@h @jjg I think I solved it. Turns out I had him on mute. That must date from before I knew what I was doing here. 😑

@h @jjg Damn it, why is @jjg not showing up in my feed? We have lots to talk about.

@ntnsndr I had a local instance working long ago, but a local git repository isn't very useful. I hope to get the new site up and running late next week or early the following week. I want to operate it as a project within the Interpreters' Co-op, so I have to get approval.

@ntnsndr @jjg @h That's why I like gitit so much -- it's git, and it's a wiki, and it's a web interface to pandoc.

@h @jjg Let's not overcomplicate things.