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Why I want you to run for the OSI board
The Open Source Initiative board is homogeneous, stratified across generations. We fit across three (tech) generations of contributors to free and open source software–those who were involved in the...
View ArticleFreedoms and Rights
I want to talk a bit about the relationship between rights and freedoms, and what they are. I think building a mutual understanding around this is important as I dig deeper into conversations around...
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Conferences
I think there are too many conferences. Are there too many FLOSS conferences? — Molly dBoo (@mmillions) October 7, 2019 I conducted this very scientific Twitter poll and out of 52 respondants, only 23%...
View ArticleAutonomy and consent
When I was an undergraduate, I took a course on medical ethics. The core takeaways from the class were that autonomy is necessary for consent, and consent is necessary for ethical action. There is a...
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Free software activities, October 2019
A belated hello! I was traveling at the end of October and missed this. Apologies! In October, work was quite busy, though a lot of it was behind-the-scenes stuff I cannot yet update you on. It was...
View ArticleRebellion
We spend a lot of time focusing on the epic side of free software and user freedom: joys come from providing encrypted communication options to journalists and political dissidents; losses are when IoT...
View ArticleHealth care
One of the most important issues for free software within the US is one we rarely talk about: healthcare. That is why I am going to write about it. These days, sustainability in FOSS is a hot topic. In...
View ArticleFree software activities (November 2019)
November brings two things very demanding of my time: Thanksgiving and the start of fundraising season. Free software activities (personal) The Open Source Initiative had it’s twice-a-year face to face...
View ArticleEndorsing Megan Byrd-Sanicki and Justin Colannino for the OSI Board
I am endorsing Megan Byrd-Sanicki and Justin Colannino for the Board of Directors of the Open Source Initiative. As an individual member of the OSI, I intend to vote for Megan. I intend to advise...
View ArticleRacism is a Free Software Issue
Racism is a free software issue. I gave a talk that touched on this at CopyLeft Conf 2019. I also talked a little bit about it at All Things Open 2019 and FOSDEM 2020 in my talk The Ethics Behind Your...
View ArticleFire
The world is on fire. I know many of you are either my parents friends or here for the free software thoughts, but rather than listen to me, I want you to listed to Black voices in these fields. If...
View Articlebusy busy
I’ve been working with Karen Sandler over the past few months on the first draft of the Declaration of Digital Autonomy. Feedback welcome, please be constructive. It’s a pretty big deal for me, and...
View ArticleFree Software Activities – September 2020
I haven’t done one of these in a while, so let’s see how it goes. Debian The Community Team has been busy. We’re planning a sprint to work on a bigger writing project and have some tough discussions...
View Article1028 Words on Free Software
The promise of free software is a near-future utopia, built on democratized technology. This future is just and it is beautiful, full of opportunity and fulfillment for everyone everywhere. We can...
View ArticleProprietary (definition)
I recently had the occasion to try and find a definition of “proprietary” in terms of software that is not on Wikipedia. Most of the discussion on the issue I found was focused on what free and open...
View ArticleProprietary (definition) – 02
I’ve had some good conversations about this attempt to define proprietary software. In many of these conversations, people focused on explicitly what I’m trying to not do (i.e. define “proprietary” by...
View ArticleHelping
How can you help free software? Aside from donating to the excellent free software nonprofits out there, and contributing to a project by building software or other resources, there are things you can...
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