Notices by Michael Downey 🚩 (downey@floss.social)

"More generally, I believe that #opensource development should return to its roots as a #freesoftware movement guided by moral principles. Doing so would help the open source community set better boundaries, which would in turn improve software quality, funding, and working conditions. Without a moral center to give developers a spine, they’ll continue to race to the bottom to please corporate interests."

https://www.haskellforall.com/2021/12/funding-isnt-problem-with-open-source.html

Our extended UN open source family is growing. Looking for someone with an #OpenSource dev background but it's not a coding role.

If this #job looks interesting to anyone let me know and I can connect you to the right people. Or feel free to share with others.
http://jobs.unicef.org/cw/en-us/job/532044?lApplicationSubSourceID=

#FreeSoftware #FLOSS #FOSS

#Stallman resigns from #FSF

https://www.fsf.org/news/richard-m-stallman-resigns

#RMS #FreeSoftware #OpenSource #FLOSS #FOSS

So #GitLab Pages has finally rolled out their automatic #LetsEncrypt integration for hosted web sites. It's quite painless and automatically renews certs. So glad that I don't have to manually do this or maintain some brittle CI-based scripts anymore.

If you've got a GL-hosted site, take the next 90 seconds and go secure it!

#HTTPS #TLS #FOSS #FLOSS #FreeSoftware #OpenSource

I just donated one year's worth of @purism #LibremOne subscription fees to @ConnyDuck for the @Tusky project.

Consider donating too, every little helps! #SupportMaintainers #GiveCredit

https://opencollective.com/michael-downey?referral=41212

#Purism #FreeSoftware #Tusky #OpenSource #FLOSS #FOSS #Librem

ICYMI: #FreeSoftware #Privacy developer Ola Bini, currently a major contributor to the OTR encrypted messaging protocol, has been detained with no or flimsy charges for 4+ days and counting in Ecuador. "Evidence" included having technical books and too many devices. They say he'll be held up to 90 days while they "develop charges" against him.

#FreeOlaBini #OpenSource #FLOSS #FOSS #surveilancecapitalism

https://www.apnews.com/327d2dcbe0f24a2eba839502fbd783cb

Every time I hear a nonprofit say, "we have a #Slack group", my heart breaks a little for the future.

#JustSayNo #WalledGardens

So the Open Source Initiative election is coming up very soon:

https://opensource.org/elections

I'm happy to see such a richly diverse set of candidates this election. #OpenSource is about freedom *for all*, so let's work together to make sure we aren't left with an all-white male board from only the US and EU.

The entire world needs strong community stewardship of Open Source more now than ever, and we are stronger when we stand together.

#FreeSoftware #FLOSS #FOSS

Grateful to hear @cwebber talk about #copyleft & #decentralized tools like #ActivityPub at #CopyleftConf Brussels.

#FreeSoftware #FLOSS #FOSS #OpenSource

Excited to be present for the first ever in-person #CopyleftConf. Huge thanks to all those who made it happen!

#FreeSoftware #OpenSource #FLOSS #FOSS

If you're at #FOSDEM this year, be sure to encourage other people to try out @Mastodon this weekend! There are several instances dedicated to #FreeSoftware and #OpenSource. #FLOSS #FOSS

Can someone help me understand this dichotomy? I'm truly stumped.

Selective enforcement of rules unfairly applies bias to penalize marginalized people

vs.

Selective enforcement of rules is needed to prevent criminalization of marginalized people

"Art dismantles power. Otherwise, it's propaganda."

-- Cameron Esposito at #XOXOfest

Yesterday at #OSSummit I realized I'm still struggling with this question:

What is a clear "organizational contribution" to #OpenSource?

Cash or in-kind gifts are easy to understand. Things that people do, much murkier.

An organization is an attribute of a contributor, who may have affiliations with multiple orgs.

How can a #FreeSoftware project clearly understand "from which org" any given code (or non-code) contribution is really coming from?

Human brains are not that compartmentalized.

Gervase Markham has died. A huge loss for the #FLOSS world.

Thank you Gerv for your tireless work for #FreeSoftware & #OpenSource by helping lead #Mozilla's mission in myriad ways.

As always, it is our task to take all that was beautiful, kind, and meaningful about him and weave it into the tapestry of our futures in such a manner to honor him and give added meaning to our lives.

Such is the nature of life, love, death, and life after loss.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gervase_Markham_(programmer)

https://www.gerv.net/

"To be truly radical is to make hope possible, rather than despair convincing."

- Raymond Williams #quotes

#FreeSoftware #OpenSource

Can someone remind me why I should be disappointed in the World Wide Web Foundation & Tim Berners-Lee? (Or should I not be?)

It's getting hard to remember & keep track of all of the betrayals to freedom etc. these days.

#OpenSource #FreeSoftware

No, I'm not going to install some proprietary ZoomUS software to join your live, voice-based #OpenSource project meeting. Not when Jitsi or so many other #FLOSS alternatives are available.

#WalkTheTalk #FreeSoftware

"Choosing proprietary tools and services for your free software project ultimately sends a message to downstream developers and users of your project that freedom of all users—developers included—is not a priority."

— Matt Lee on #GitHub vs. #GitLab in Linux Journal, July 2018

https://www.linuxjournal.com/content/git-your-july-2018-issue-linux-journal-now-available

#FreeSoftware #opensource

If you're involved with #OpenSource / #FreeSoftware and planning to attend #OSCON this year, make sure to add the (free/gratis) Community Leadership Summit to your plans, the weekend before at the same venue. Highly recommended - read why: http://www.communityleadershipsummit.com/

#cmgr