I think that this would be a really good idea, as I see a great deal of overlap between the motivations and ideals of the groups... It might also be worth reaching out to the 'maker' world as well since it also has a lot of overlap.... I don't do Bird-noises or Mastodon, but think it is a good idea in principle.
I think the only thing that might be an issue where the groups might need to have a significant level of willingness to compromise is on the 'purity requirements' (for lack of a better term) I.e. both the OSHW and R2R folks don't necessarily have big issues w/ using proprietary software / binary blobs if it makes it possible to accomplish their ends of making cool objects (i.e. a gizmo that is based on a RasPI) or fixing a device (i.e using a Windows based proprietary programming tool)... So while pointing out how Free software might make it easier to make / fix things, the FLOSS enthusiasts would need to not be hostile to the idea using software that we don't approve of... This is sort of like my comment that the RYF cert would be more popular / desirable if it didn't prohibit mentioning compatibility w/ other non-free O/S's... ART <start Quote> Message: 3 Date: Sat, 13 Nov 2021 14:29:30 +0000 From: Leah Rowe <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Subject: federated free software movement Message-ID: <[email protected]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8"; Format="flowed" What if there was a combined Free Software, OSHW and Right to Repair group, providing ideological leadership in a peer to peer fashion via federated services (including Git-based code hosting) and an emphasis on teaching how to self-host your own federated hosting infrastructure? <snip> <end quote> ------------------ Arthur Torrey - <[email protected]> ------------------- _______________________________________________ libreplanet-discuss mailing list [email protected] https://lists.libreplanet.org/mailman/listinfo/libreplanet-discuss
