I was thinking about a model for doing Free Code maintainership.

I know a few older hackers who can't be bothered writing whole software packages themselves anymore. But if there's a project they personally use or care about, and they're familiar with the programming language(s) used (or willing to brush up), they might be willing to review and merge patches.

Sparing enthusiastic coders from review duties, and maybe increasing code quality.

#FreeCode #OpenSource #maintainers #CodeRevoew

It just occurred to me that it could be really useful to have a standardised HX (Human eXperience) rating system for Free Code apps. With a regular review process (eg annual) by a group of HX experts who support software freedom, and a set of trademarked symbols illustrating the ratings. Once reviewed, app projects could display the symbol on their homepage, if they want to.

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#HX #UX #FreeCode #SoftwareFreedom

This!

"I'm coming to understand that open source is largely about a community and only partially about shared code development. Since I'm a writer I'm especially intereted in the crucial role that documenters (and community managers!) play in that community."

#JoshSenyak, 2020

https://community.interledger.org/tembo/let-s-talk-about-open-source-44i8#comment-gj

#FreeCode #OpenSource #community #documentation

I *love* the way @nickcolley prioritizes accessibility issues in the Semaphore.social tracker. That's a fantastic Free Code dev pattern that I'd love to see widely adopted.

Another pattern I'd like to see, although it's not so easy to do in existing code forge platforms, is a second issue tracker specifically for #UX issues. Again with accessibility as a top priority.

#FreeCode #accessibility #Semaphore

Now that a bunch of code in GitHub repos isn't visible without running MicroSoft's proprietary JS, it would be great to have a software freedom-protecting front-end for browsing GH itself. Of course, Free Code projects moving off GH onto community-hosted code forges is the ideal solution, but in the meantime...

https://github.com/mendel5/alternative-front-ends/discussions/179

#MicroSoft #GitHub #enshittification #FreeCode #FrontEnds

Looks like the US now has an answer to the EU Next Generation Internet funding program. The deadline for their next funding round is in September.

'Pathways to Enable Open-Source Ecosystems (POSE)'

https://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2023/nsf23556/nsf23556.htm

#FreeCode #OpenSource #funding

@jwilker
> Finding a new approach is the real solution we need. And (to me) it will never be "monetize users"

💯%. Frank Karlitschek of NextCloud did a great talk in 2020 about different models for making a living off liberating software:

https://conf.tube/w/27544846-10ad-4afd-9c6c-bc3b05129e06

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#FrankKarlitschek #funding #FreeCode

Another shameless plug for the Simple range of apps for Android. I've installed a bunch of them using F-Droid. I love them so much I wish Tibor Kaputa (the developer) would put out a Simple OS; a deGoggled Android fork with all the Simple apps as defaults, and the Simple aesthetic applied to the UI of the whole OS.

Android #FreeCode #FDroid #SimpleApps

One of the hardest but most important thing to do as a passionate ethical tech evangelist is to resist labouring the point, and hectoring people. Building relationships is more important than winning conversions (eg from this proprietary tool to that #FreeCode replacement). Sometimes it takes an external trigger to get people to face transition pain (eg Melon Husk), and when that time comes, you want people to have positive memories of conversations with you about potential replacements.

Redes alternativas de medios VS Inteligencia Artificial. https://loquesomos.org/redes-alternativas-de-medios-vs-inteligencia-artificial/ #SoftwareLibre #AntiCapitalismo #FreeCode #LibertadDeComunicación #RedAlternativaDeMedios

Have a code for 1 month of Xbox Game Pass Ultimate new members - anyone here interested / need that?

#Xbox #XboxGamePass #FreeCode #Gaming

El fundador de Mastodont, Euguen Rochko #freecode #eugenrocko

@nzlemming
Hehe. Hmm. Actually a Bug of the Year contest could be a great way to give kudos to free code contributors who fix bugs that are particularly annoying to users. Might create a reputational incentive to lift the #UX of free code UI across the board.

@thoughtfulnz

#FreeCode #OpenSource

As an example, here's a brief story about a tech co-op in Argentina, who see working with free code software as a natural application of cooperatives principles:

https://stories.coop/free-software-is-cooperative/

#cooperative #Argentina #StoriesCoop #FreeCode

@BillySmith
> FLOSS has already won.

(Corporatized) Open Source has won. Software freedom has not, at least not yet. The distinction between these two motives for free code licensing has never been more important, which is why I don't fudge them together with terms like "FLOSS" or "FLO".

@wolftune @witchescauldron

#SoftwareFreedom #FreeCode #OpenSource #FLOSS #FLO

@Mehrad
Given that Git was designed to decentralize development, it's intriguing that repo hubs like GH and GL have been all to induce such dependence. I recommend keeping local backups of all software on public repos, your own and anything it depends on as a minimum. Having a couple of official public homes for each repo is probably a good idea too.

@Bubu

#git #SoftwareDevelopment #FreeCode

#TIL about Pursuance, a project developing a free code web platform that combines chat and task management functions. According to the blurb on their code forge:

"We are in the process of integrating with Hypothesis, the web annotation platform, so that our users can coordinate crowdsourced investigative resource more effectively."

https://github.com/PursuanceProject/pursuance

#TIL about #Hypothesis too :)

#Pursuance #FreeCode #Chat #TaskManagement

Videocasting from a laptop to a projector. How does that work? Can it be done with entirely free code software?

#casting #FreeCode #Trisquel

#TIL about Scribe.rip, a free code web app to replace the proprietary Javascript of the Medium.com website.

https://scribe.rip/

#ScribeRip #Medium #FreeCode

Tibor Kaputa spends his days developing the Simple range of apps for Android-based OS and makes them available free of charge on F-Droid. I use a bunch of them and they're fantastic. Please consider trying out his apps and making a contribution to support his work:

https://www.simplemobiletools.com/donate

#Android #FreeCode #FDroid #TiborKaputa