Post B27yKti1AqPoXRIHui by tedmielczarek@mastodon.social
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(DIR) Post #B24puUvvHia13qophw by elplatt@greatjustice.net
2026-01-08T03:59:33Z
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@zkat @b0rk loving everything about this conversation! I think a support-focused co-op could work well. Possibly adding crowd-funding of feature requests. Semi-related, I've been having conversations about how academic labs can support the FOSS projects they use. Donations from grant funds aren't allowed, but membership in a consumer cooperative might be
(DIR) Post #B24puYIilPbBVQVa9w by b0rk@social.jvns.ca
2026-01-07T18:17:37Z
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@zkat that's super interesting, i googled "what is a consumer coop" and found this https://canadianworker.coop/what-is-a-consumer-co-operative/i'm trying to translate those to an open source context, could it be something like:- a local computer store coop that sells & supports used Linux computers- a community support forum where coop members can get help with their open source software issues, and there are paid staff who help
(DIR) Post #B24q2wgnyJq3Shm9tQ by b0rk@social.jvns.ca
2026-01-08T13:28:27Z
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@zkat@toot.ca I love this conversation so much, it's been hard for me to feel excited about free software lately and it's really cool to see conversations about how things could go in a different direction
(DIR) Post #B27yKti1AqPoXRIHui by tedmielczarek@mastodon.social
2026-01-07T23:48:19Z
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@zkat @b0rk when things felt good at Mozilla there was some of this feeling, even if it wasn't reflected in the org structure. There were volunteer contributors in all parts of the process: developers, module owners, QA, localizers, community support, (I could go on and on). It felt empowering to run Nightly builds and file bug reports, like it was actually making things better.