I am a software user.

I believe developers should work in my best interests, not the best interests of a non-person corporation.

You should also understand that I believe that legislators work for me and others who are *people* like me.

I am unhappy that neither group consistently seems interested in my concerns, seeking and getting corporate support with strings attached. "Do not make the user/person your focus. Your focus should be us and our profits."

#FSF
#EFF
#FreeSoftware
#Vote

Ethical, open sourced and profitable at the same time - Shivek Khurana (Apr 2019)

https://medium.com/@shivekkhurana/ethical-open-sourced-and-profitable-at-the-same-time-16c53efdfe5a

#FOSS #FreeSoftware #ERP #ERPNext #CBPP #Commons #Peer #PeerProduction #Left #Alternatives #Tech

If anyone knows #Go and is looking for a project to help out with, Go-based #Signal protocol implementation library and a native #SailfishOS Signal client using it are in dire need of love:
https://github.com/RadicalApp/libsignal-protocol-go
https://github.com/aebruno/whisperfish

Yes, I also prefer truly decentralized protocols, but Signal is where it's at currently with a lot of people, and it's way better than other popular options... So, we need independent clients.

#InfoSec #FreeSoftware

@kai @alxd @ekaitz_zarraga

This also means: if you want #FreeSoftware that works in a specific way and you don't want to code it yourself (maybe learning what you ignore in the process) there is ONE way to act: pay a team of developers to develop it according to your specification.

Even this, is totally fine and welcome, EVEN if they fork the original software.

But people are not entitled to free work from volunteers and hackers.

@kai @alxd @ekaitz_zarraga

Guys, I have strong opinions on this.

#FreeSoftware is a gift.
As such it binds the receivers more than it binds the #hacker that create it.

It's totally fine to provide suggestions, new ideas and patch.

It's totally fine to #fork a project.

It's WRONG to try to impose your will to #hackers. It can not go well. You either annoy the hacker enough to make it stop the development or subdue his creativity hurting whole #humanity.

FORKS ARE FINE.
FORK IT.

@deejoe @aral @wolftune @oshwm @cwebber @conservancy

But #Google is a totally different enemy.

They are not just trying to defend their market and business model as Microsoft used to do.

They are trying to co-opt #FreeSoftware.

They are not working against a present threat to them, but to orient the future.

They are an existential threat to #hacker #freedom, though "embrace, confuse, corrupt and extinguish".

When did #Freedom become the permission to chose a product off the shelf?

Why should I select an existing #license for my own code?

I'm a bit puzzled with #FreeSoftware activists of these days: looks like they have forgot the *why* because of the *how*.

I just realized I never did an #introduction... So here we go!

My jams:

- #rust, #python, #clojure, #programming
- #gnu, #linux, #emacs, #orgmode
- #freesoftware, #hacker stuff
- #music, lots of weird music
- #politics, the one to the left
- #physics

Well said @Ninjatrappeur

#FreeSoftware is not a consumer good.

https://lobste.rs/s/3pfy6o/backdoor_popular_event_stream_npm_repo#c_f4iphi