Wm Salt Hale @salt@social.coop

Posted some reflections on returning to #DebConf21 to watch my advisees @kayleachampion and @salt present their research using data from @debian@quitter.se https://mako.cc/copyrighteous/returning-to-debconf

My student @salt just gave a great talk on his master's thesis work on "Resilience in FLOSS: Do founder decisions impact development activity after crisis events?" at #Debian'w #Debconf21: https://debconf21.debconf.org/talks/24-resilience-in-floss-do-founder-decisions-impact-development-activity-after-crisis-events/

While working on our style guide, we realized our colors need better names. You can help us choose! Submit your suggestions at https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdIIXHJPVRy_r3O9R5aXHUJKwvVl7nmmQ_ZYzyaJ5ER4UcNng/viewform

#seagl

I'm going to let you in on a little secret: @cwebber and @mlemweb will be presenting a #SeaGL2021 keynote. If you want to be on the schedule, too, the #cfp is open until August 19! https://seagl.org/news/2021/06/24/cfp.html
#SeaGL #flossconf

The #SeaGL2021 staff will hold office hours next week!

Sun Aug 1, 3pm PDT
Tues Aug 3, 5:30pm PDT
Sat Aug 7, 3pm PDT

Join us at chat.seagl.org for questions and live assistance with your proposals. Come ask us anything related to the CfP!

🎶It is one week til proposals due
SeaGL program wants to hear from you
Tell us what you know 'bout FLOSS
Help make #SeaGL2021 awesomesauce🎶

https://seagl.org/news/2021/06/24/cfp

Snowdrift.coop is still working to get launched, and we've made huge progress in charting the path forward. You can help too!

New blog post "What Snowdrift Needs to Launch"
https://blog.snowdrift.coop/what-snowdrift-needs-to-launch/

#snowdrift #volunteer #elm #haskell #coooperatives #governance #flo

List of Useful Free Software Graphics Resources

Sharing is very appreciated.

PIXLS
https://pixls.us

LibreAV
https://libreav.org

Libre Graphics Tools
https://libre.graphics

L. Graphics World
http://libregraphicsworld.org

L. Graphics Meeting
https://libregraphicsmeeting.org

L. Graphics Club
https://libregraphics.club

LibreArts
https://librearts.org

Open Source Design
https://opensourcedesign.net

O. Source Publishing
http://osp.kitchen

Beautiful Open
https://beautifulopen.com

#FreeSoftware

What free software do you use everyday the most?

Please help share.

#Computer #FreeSoftware #OpenSource

The SeaGL 2021 call for proposals is open

office hours aren't yet announced, but we will have them

The #cfp closes August 5th for our November 5th and 6th virtual conference

https://seagl.org/news/2021/06/24/cfp.html

#SeaGL #FLOSSconf #FLOSSevent

The Spritely Project aims to create a next generation of Fediverse networks and services. You can follow at:

➡️ @spritelyproject

The official site is at https://spritelyproject.org

Spritely is run by Chris Lemmer Webber, one of the authors of the ActivityPub standard that the current Fediverse runs on. You can follow at:

➡️ @cwebber

#Spritely #Fediverse #ActivityPub #Federation #Software #Dev #Development #FOSS #FLOSS #Libre #FreeSoftware #OpenSource #SocialNetworks #SocialMedia #SelfHosting

Let's make things together!

@cwebber and I are starting a companion series to @fossandcrafts! These Hack and Craft events will be monthly virtual sessions where we can sit around, socialize, & craft!

The first one is Sat, June 19 2021 https://fossandcrafts.org/hack-and-craft/

When you're talking about Linux, it's okay to say that it's "open source".

It's okay to say that it's "free software".

It's okay to call it "GNU/Linux", "Linux", or to mess up its name.

It's okay to refer to it as "the one with the friendly penguin".

Part of RMS' legacy has been an incessant obsession with terminology and pedantry, overshadowing far more important shared objectives which are fundamentally emancipatory in nature.

Pedantry is not activism; it is alienating, not emancipatory.

The board voted unanimously to post the following statement on the FSF website: While our primary mission is freedom for software users, we want to be clear, the FSF board unanimously condemns misogyny, racism,and other bigotry as well as defamation, intimidation, and unfair attacks on free thought and speech.

25: Governance, Leadership, and Founder's Syndrome https://fossandcrafts.org/episodes/25-governance-leadership-founders-syndrome.html

What is governance? To what degree are leaders within a governing institution subject to its rules? We use this framework to discuss the unexpected announcement of RMS's re-appointment to the FSF board.

I just published a short blog post adding my voice to the chorus of people speaking out against Richard Stallman's return to the @fsf's board of directors. https://mako.cc/copyrighteous/the-free-software-foundation-and-richard-stallman

It's short so I'll include the full text in a thread below.