On 2021-11-14 10:03, Arthur Torrey wrote: > 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 have been thinking for some time on trying to revive a 'flagship' Free Software federated social media. I hate the concept of 'social media' with all the attention-economy aspects that it brings with it. But, I think ActivityPub has succeeded as the protocol of choice for federated online microblogging. Perhaps this could broaden even further into a reconceptualisation of a 'Free hypertext', but I think that's beyond the scope of this discussion. > 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... Personally, the issue isn't with 'purity', it's with 'compromise'. Purity doesn't exclude variety, and it certainly doesn't indicate group-think, to my mind. I don't even phrase the concept of only using Free software as one of being 'pure'--when there are many options and solutions that are already 'Free', why can't you always choose the right choice? > <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> I'd definitely be down to help do some leg-work on this. I'd like to revive total 'Free software' solutions, even put some development, into, say, GNU Social? > ------------------ > Arthur Torrey - <[email protected]> > ------------------- > > _______________________________________________ > libreplanet-discuss mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.libreplanet.org/mailman/listinfo/libreplanet-discuss _______________________________________________ libreplanet-discuss mailing list [email protected] https://lists.libreplanet.org/mailman/listinfo/libreplanet-discuss
