Posts by danb@fosstodon.org
(DIR) Post #AWpEafRHG4JYacHLM0 by danb@fosstodon.org
2023-06-18T19:21:57Z
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@webmink That's a real good attempt!I feel the last 14 words, from "subject" onwards adds a lot of understanding complexity to the definition but I can't think of a better alternative.
(DIR) Post #AXpfdnrbCQdQgpA7gO by danb@fosstodon.org
2023-07-18T22:15:44Z
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@webmink I've taken an interest in tracking such people/projects to greater understand when/why the term is misused:https://github.com/ssddanbrown/Open-Source-Confusion-CasesI've noticed VC involvement is a common thread, making me wonder about influence of funding return pressures, but might be a case of selection bias in what I'm observing.
(DIR) Post #AXvFjgH6tWJJ22zqb2 by danb@fosstodon.org
2023-07-21T14:55:02Z
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@webmink @fdroidorg @eighthave Good episode, my respect for F-Droid grows every-time I find out more about it and each time I use it, a great project.On a tangential note, is there a process for when an app drops out of the inclusion policy? I think I came across an example yesterday, where a company has made changes to their licensing.
(DIR) Post #AXwyacYU2sIDz68XVw by danb@fosstodon.org
2023-07-22T10:54:15Z
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@eighthave @webmink @fdroidorg This particular case is where components/parts of the app may have moved to a non-floss license.The licensing is not too clear, so I've queried this with the maintainers: https://github.com/standardnotes/forum/discussions/3196Saw they were on F-Droid, which got me thinking about how apps with license changes are handled.
(DIR) Post #AZiMDv9d5wsYcW8hmq by danb@fosstodon.org
2023-09-13T00:04:55Z
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Hi @osi, is opensource.net an official site of yours? It feels a bit sketchy. Is on a different domain, and fairly broken.It says "Supported by the Open Source Initiative" but not quite sure what that means, links to your real social links. Example URL: https://opensource.net/submit-a-post/
(DIR) Post #AZiaLf7A0sdYY4ZP72 by danb@fosstodon.org
2023-09-13T08:00:01Z
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@osi no worries, thanks for confirming!
(DIR) Post #Abw1OMJx34xunMSZu4 by danb@fosstodon.org
2023-11-18T15:17:40Z
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@webmink yeah, seeing a lot of this occur. Earlier this week I wrote about why the distinction between open source and source available is important after seeing many companies attempting to conflate the terms when going through this process: https://danb.me/blog/open-source-available-distinction/
(DIR) Post #AimR6jfXaMslI0xwcy by danb@fosstodon.org
2024-06-10T09:24:24Z
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@BrodieOnLinux Hi Brodie, If you have not seen, Rossmann has offered to answer my questions on this via Reddit regarding my comments on this, just awaiting a response:https://www.reddit.com/r/selfhosted/comments/1da8nld/this_week_in_selfhosted_7_june_2024/
(DIR) Post #AimWG6CRga15XodnqS by danb@fosstodon.org
2024-06-10T10:21:55Z
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@BrodieOnLinux Sure! I don't have prior podcast experience but happy to have a chance to advocate for open source and clear discussion around licensing.To be clear, I'm not a legal expert nor do I have thorough multi-decade experience in this field, but I have a fair bit of thoughts, insight and understanding from my interested in this over the last few years, particularly through my confusion cases project (https://github.com/ssddanbrown/Open-Source-Confusion-Cases).
(DIR) Post #AimejR2073mQBRFs3M by danb@fosstodon.org
2024-06-10T11:57:29Z
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@BrodieOnLinux Either is fine, DM via here or email via email[at]danb.me
(DIR) Post #AmhFqnCVrNGOqOxDm4 by danb@fosstodon.org
2024-10-05T12:36:00Z
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#caturday
(DIR) Post #As3i7xUGJOEVVkpFdg by danb@fosstodon.org
2025-03-14T17:56:35Z
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Bit concerned about the current @osi board of directors election, having watched one of the candidates (Chad Whitacre) be vocal about wanting to change open source against the OSD, and knowing their company is strongly VC-funded and happy to be spending resources.I've also had good discussions with them, but it I still think it's in the interest & desires of Sentry (and other projects in the VC world) to broaden the scope of what open source is.
(DIR) Post #AuQyh0XH0mUbeCw2Fc by danb@fosstodon.org
2025-05-24T23:22:56Z
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@BrodieOnLinux It was only a matter of time, Started expecting this soon after they added copilot to PRs.That, and uncontrollable git-lfs limits locking me from using my repos, pushed me to move what I could across to @Codeberg.Still need to detangle my main BookStack repo though. It's tricky how easily entwined with a single platform you can get, even if it's mainly a distributed protocol like git.
(DIR) Post #Av8N2NCgo1C8dTsFpg by danb@fosstodon.org
2025-06-14T11:32:06Z
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I've been working on a new site to help transparency in the #FOSS world:https://isitreallyfoss.com/This is an evolution upon my prior confusion cases work, intended to make the information more accessible, functional and easier to maintain, while now also featuring projects which are committed & transparent regarding free and #OpenSource software.
(DIR) Post #Av91z6RYl90duIOAFM by danb@fosstodon.org
2025-06-02T19:41:15Z
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If you're an open source maintainer thinking about, or starting to receive, donations and/or sponsorships then I've put together a video with my advice along with a deep-dive into the technical set-up and my experience regarding these methods of funding:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hILUhL_l_bU#OpenSource #funding
(DIR) Post #B1vFwrTePjRRjYT1wO by danb@fosstodon.org
2026-01-03T19:54:56Z
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Documented my home-lab setup going into 2026:https://danb.me/blog/2026-homelab/#homelab #selfhosting