[hackerspaces] Hackerspaces survey on Free/Libre Open Source Software

[Mike Dupont]

I like that idea! Open Source Saturdays!




On Mon, Apr 7, 2014 at 4:06 PM, Joshua Pritt <ramgarden at gmail.com> wrote:

> I had an idea a while back on how hackerspaces could contribute to open
> source.  Open Source Saturdays!
> Take an hour or so (or all night hack a thon!) on some Saturdays (or every
> Saturday?) for all the people that want to help out can get together and
> vote on or pick out some part or piece of something open source and fix it,
> make it, build it, write it, document it, or make a help guide for it.
>  Would this be in line with your FLOSS idea?
>
> http://hackerspaces.org/wiki/Open_Source_Saturdays
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> On Mon, Apr 7, 2014 at 4:53 PM, Mike Dupont <
> jamesmikedupont at googlemail.com> wrote:
>
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>> On Mon, Apr 7, 2014 at 3:34 PM, Ethan Chew <spacefelix at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Is such collaboration possible, what examples have been seen and what
>>> would you envision such from the perspective of FLOSS?
>>
>>
>> Well, first of all without any profit or source of income working on
>> floss is not really viable. I am not against profits, capitalism or
>> entrepreneurship.
>> Not everything has to be public and open.
>>
>> There are many combinations of closed and open, private and public and
>> non and for profits. Hackerspaces need to pay for rent and utilities etc.
>> There are open source companies that are for profit. There are non
>> profits companies that use only non-free software.
>>
>> For me, i just wish that there were some criteria and guidelines we could
>> all agree on that we can send  to people who want to call themselves a
>> hackerspace to guide them. I see that my survery was very biased in my
>> personal view of FLOSS as pointed out by Randall.
>>
>> For me I am thinking about creating what these guidelines might include,
>> and maybe this is the forum to discuss them.
>>
>> There is an analogy to government as being a form of a club as well :
>> Personally I would like to see local and state government to be under
>> some open data and access policy. (
>> http://www.socrata.com/open-data-field-guide-chapter/developing-your-open-data-policy/)
>> . Also I am hoping to see that the data is accessible for disabled people
>> and usable from screen readers. But local governments like hackerspaces are
>> free to do as they wish and as long as they are viable they will survive
>> and continue.
>>
>>
>> mike
>>
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