A great article by @APC looking back at @NGIZero and software and community sustainability in #FOSS
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@onepict @smallcircles @ocdtrekkie @APC @NGIZero But I agree fully that it should not start with the license, but with a set of shared values, which would be similar to, but ultimately incompatible with the OSD or FSF's requirements.
Which, to get back to the core of this, is really the main issue. I mean, I wrote some about this a while ago: https://interpeer.org/blog/2024/04/in-search-of-foundational-floss-freedoms/
It's been two years now. Feedback at the time seemed to have been largely positive, but nitpicky about the details. I still...
@onepict @smallcircles @ocdtrekkie @APC @NGIZero ... think it's one of the better starting points, if I do say so myself. But it seems it wasn't catchy enough to get people engaged beyond a few comments and discussion threads.
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@smallcircles @ocdtrekkie @jens @APC @NGIZero This is where choosing a certain kind of licence is part of that. How often are projects advised or think choosing MIT over the GPL to appeal to corporate?
In the same way as we must be explicit in our values and understand we can't and shouldn't try to appeal to everyone. After all we're on here because we are trying to create new spaces for this conversation to happen.
But more than one space can and should exist.
@onepict @ocdtrekkie @jens @APC @NGIZero
The licensing of a software component is but a strategic choice. It depends.
I think a lot boils down to the formation of collaboration networks that are based on true and well-earned trust, where relationships rely on trustworthiness of our partners that have been proven over time.
The definition SX uses for social networking as "any direct and indirect human activity between people" is very useful here. Because we know quite well how to foster these trust networks offline. People do social networking for 1,000's of years.
Only online we suddenly make it all weird. Our tech still hampers us to be social, narrows our social bandwidth in communication.
Software development is social networking, and way beyond the often seen gut reaction of "pff, github stars". Software is useless if it doesn't match the (social) needs of its stakeholders. Coding is social, and social coders social code the social code (of society).
My hobby and fascination.
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