Remember to share positive posts, memes, etc. about open source things you use and like. A simple “I like this” or “thanks for working on this” can go a long way!
Happy people carry on using things quietly while negativity gets shared, memed, and shoved in front of folks who work on your favorite projects. One negative comment too often outweighs ten positive ones, because human brains are dumb.
In my talks and discussions about the role of Open Source maintainers, I usually list a number of reasons why maintainers might quit or otherwise reduce their involvement.
"The Russian army destroyed my house" hasn't been on that list yet 😐 🇺🇦
Je recherche des musiciens qui travaillent avec des logiciels libres. J'aimerai leur poser des questions pour mieux comprendre leurs usages, les opportunités et contraintes des logiciels libres pour les musiciens.
Nous sommes en train de rédiger un guide pour les musiciens, et je suis à la recherche de plus d'exemples.
#BraveBrowser is installing VPNs without users' consent, even if you didn't willingly enable their #VPN service. Just stop using #Brave, it's garbage.
Edit: the services are disabled by default, but they were still installed with very little to no transparency about them towards the user, alongside all the other stuff that's often unwanted from Brave users (Pocket on Firefox is to blame too, lol.)
I'll keep saying it, because it keeps coming up. If you're working in the FreeDesktop, Linux, or Flatpak spaces, you need to understand this, even if you don't personally care about gaming or Steam Deck.
Do you work in open source? Do you think it has a funding problem? If so, please take my 10 minute survey at https://opensource.study. By participating, you can help provide an understanding of what has worked and what hasn’t in the ecosystem.
This survey is part of a research project at ASU and is completely voluntary. If you have any questions about participation, please reach out to me here.
#NotOnGitHub: Tell us about your favourite #OpenSource / #FreeSoftware projects that are not available on mainstream platforms, whether on a self-hosted cgit or available as an archive download only.
Do you thank everyone who makes your software project a success?
Take the time today and explicitly send appreciations to those who don't send you code patches, but help with #design, #localization, user support, defining priorities, community management and so much more!
"The output from an LLM is a derivative work of the data used to train the LLM.
If we fail to recognise this, or are unable to uphold this in law, copyright (and copyleft on which it depends) is dead. Copyright will still be used against us by corporations, but its utility to FOSS to preserve freedom is gone."
🕵️♀️ ScummVM | HeR Interactive’s Nancy Drew games ready for testing!
Put your sleuthing caps on; a soap opera star needs your help in uncovering who is behind a series of death threats that sound a little too real for comfort.
ScummVM? Play your fave classic adventures such as Monkey Islands on modern systems they weren't designed for 🙉 💓 :linux:
While F-Droid appears to be "just" an alternative #OpenSource#AppStore for #Android, it is actually the apex of a lifestyle movement that's choosing to use Android only with #FreeSoftware and without #Google or advertising-related #surveillance. Realising that makes many of its features - and shortcomings - easier to understand. I was the main interviewer in the discussion this week on #FLOSS Weekly with core @fdroidorg developer @eighthave and it was a good show.
Great news from #DeutscheBahn! We have published an Open Source Manifesto and our brand-new landing page that shows our committment and engagement in #OpenSource:
This isn't only nice words. It's a strong sign internally and externally that we are taking Free and Open Source Software seriously, that we strive to collaborate widely, and that we will work hard to keep up with these goals 💪
RIP Bram Moolenaar, the author of vim text editor (groups.google.com)
Here is a message from his family