My talk on the Economics of Software Freedom from #LibrePlanet is now published at
https://media.libreplanet.org/u/libreplanet/m/why-our-economy-fails-public-goods-like-free-software-bf79/
or PeerTube:
https://framatube.org/w/ssYsun1bEXuL1nm5cT9ckw
Focus is on how to coordinate to support an economy of open abundance instead of only scarcity and exclusion
More from the conference: https://www.fsf.org/blogs/community/take-the-next-step-in-living-liberation-watch-the-libreplanet-2022-videos-today
#economics #publicgoods #jargonfix #softwarefreedom #FLO @snowdrift #commons #abundance #conference
I'm speaking at the online #LibrePlanet 2022 software freedom
conference, March 19–20 https://libreplanet.org/2022
I’ll be speaking about the economic-dilemmas that public goods face
Not focused just on Snowdrift.coop @snowdrift but relevant
Our wiki article describing the core concept of the Snowdrift Dilemma has been overhauled. Deeper overall precise points instead of just general concepts (the general overview can be elsewhere)
https://wiki.snowdrift.coop/about/snowdrift-dilemma
This is a part of efforts to more thoroughly clarify the political/conceptual framework for the Snowdrift.coop mission…
Other work toward actual launch still going on, too slowly, but we're still here, still working
I found this to be about the best expression of the whole state of issues with the world today
https://www.humanetech.com/podcast/36-unedited-a-problem-well-stated-is-half-solved
I plan to review more of https://consilienceproject.org/ and https://civilizationemerging.com/
@snowdrift is working to be one of many efforts to address these things, but struggling to get past the diagnosis stage and into the actual solving. Would love help and engagement and collaboration and solidarity from others who get the diagnosis
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
@snowdrift is applying as a high priority project at #fsf and I heartily support their inclusion there! Their innovative crowdmatching mechanism for #donations focused on #funding #foss is great, imho.
Judge for yourself. They wrote a very convincing blog post about their fsf application:
https://blog.snowdrift.coop/2021-high-priority-free-software-project-list/
#Snowdrift still discussing some of the details of the mechanism, so all contributions are welcome!
#snowdrift:matrix.org
cc @fsfe
Read our latest blog post to find out why Snowdrift.coop would make an excellent addition to the @fsf High Priority Free Software Projects list, heading a new key area of focus, Sustainability and Growth. #FSF #FreeSoftware #FreeLibreOpen #SustainableUserFreedom https://blog.snowdrift.coop/2021-high-priority-free-software-project-list/
I'm giving a co-op related political action software freedom talk tomorrow @ #SeaGL2020 @SeaGL
related to @snowdrift Snowdrift.coop
https://osem.seagl.org/conferences/seagl2020/program/proposals/796
#softwarefreedom #collective-action #public-goods
Snowdrift.coop work lately has been busy but all behind-the-scenes, little to show yet publicly. Update from this week: successful transfer of all our servers to OSUOSL https://osuosl.org after 18 months of on/off planning. Closing our AWS account. This enables the Snowdrift team to not worry about sysadmin issues and focus solely on getting launched!
Snowdrift.coop will have a few representatives (a couple of whom are giving talks on tangential subjects) at #LibrePlanet2020
May also have a chance for some meetup, let us know if you'll be there and want to connect!
Blog post about Snowdrift.coop being at upcoming #SeaGL2019
https://blog.snowdrift.coop/seagl-2019/
Links to talks, mentions the update that we'll have a table @SeaGL for the first time!
Several team members from Snowdrift.coop will be speaking at @SeaGL #SeaGL2019 in November
More details on our event posting at our forum: https://community.snowdrift.coop/t/seagl-seattle-wa-november-15-16-2019/1372
Thanks to partnership with @OSUOSLhttps://osuosl.org we are finally getting our core servers and systems more solid and reliable!
Dealing with those things has been a major distraction and obstacle (costing us months to years even). We're now going to have that stuff in place as a stronger foundation for the rest of our development and organizing!
(Longer blog post coming once the process is farther along)
Snowdrift.coop will have a full booth at the upcoming LinuxFest NW April 26-28 in Bellingham, WA #lfnw2019
https://blog.snowdrift.coop/lfnw-2019/
Come hear about progress! We're also recruiting new volunteers and starting formal discussions with the first outside projects!
New blog post (finally, a year late) announcing our new forum: https://blog.snowdrift.coop/new-forum
New homepage with fancy animated video is now live at https://snowdrift.coop
We only spent about 2 years of (on and off) work on it, so don't expect perfection. ;)
Hopefully, we'll get around to writing blog post about it sometime soon.
Maybe it's unrealistic to see excitement about a ToS or Privacy Policy but we've worked to make the best, human-readable, ethical new policies:
- https://snowdrift.coop/terms
- https://snowdrift.coop/privacy
Primary driver of the overhaul is announcing our new forum (also highly adjusted to be the best it can be):
https://community.snowdrift.coop
All connected policies including Code of Conduct have been overhauled.
https://community.snowdrift.coop/guidelines
Feedback always welcome. Coming soon: blog posts, more announcements…
Hi all, Snowdrift.coop is an in-progress funding platform for public goods. We used to use @snowdriftcoop but that instance of GNU Social is dead.
Follow us here. Lots of announcements coming in the future.
https://snowdrift.coop
crowdmatching for public goods
A cooperative funding platform for free/libre/open works