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Get your #FOSSY26 talk proposals in by May 22 (anywhere on Earth)!
Talks will be in-person at our beautiful new venue in Vancouver, BC. We want to hear about your #FOSS projects, communities, and activism! We are a small team putting this big event together in partnership with IEEE Vancouver.
Please help spread the word to everyone in your #freesoftware & #opensource circles! #vancouverbc
ST:TNG spoiler [SENSITIVE CONTENT]
I once thought copylefted software that works only on #Microsoft systems wasn't truly #FOSS. But I now think it is.
I'm reminded of the Star Trek: The Next Generation episode, “Unification” —wherein Spock illegally goes to Romulus to teach young Romulans the Vulcan way of life. Spock says:
> “Like the 1ˢᵗ Vulcans, these people are struggling toward a new enlightenment. It may take decades or even centuries for them to reach it, but they will reach it, & I must help.”
Ik loop weer tegen #appdwang aan. Ik wil inloggen op #tenderned:
https://www.tenderned.nl/login/
Dat moet met #eHerkenning. Ik heb nog van lang geleden een #Digidentity account.
Maar om dat nu te kunnen gebruiken moet ik eerst mijn ID verifiëren met een #app die alleen via Google of Apple ( #bigtech ) verkrijgbaar is.
En ik wil dat niet gebruiken. Mijn bedrijf zet zich in voor #digitalesoevereiniteit en #FOSS.
Weet iemand hoe ik nu verder kan? Is er een #eHerkenning-provider zonder appdwang?
Nor does @ossguy claim in his post that “slop commits from people #LLM-backed gen #AI are good”. I think people are reading it as if he said it, but he didn't.
He's putting out an olive branch to people who have been lambasted by the #FOSS community for months. Maybe they'll take it, maybe they won't.
But peaceful negotiation is better than a protracted, hateful argument.
(5/5)…We know well that FOSS developers are frustrated w/: the training bots spamming our sites, the slop patches/pull-requests/bug reports, & many other horrible LLM/AI issues.
But I don't think all that's going to get better merely by shouting “it's horrible” & shunning any human who ever submitted a slop-patch.
We have people who want to enter the #FOSS community but they're doing it in a problematic way.
Let's chat with them and try to understand.
Cc: @cwebber @josh @wwahammy
#OpenSource
(3/5) …
Proprietary #LLM-backed gen #AI systems' *users* aren't criminals! They're just users of proprietary systems & some of them want to engage positively with FOSS.
Years ago, I supported Homebrew's membership at #SFC despite their *primary* goal of improving #Apple products with #FOSS. It make me a bit 🤢, but — historically — forming alliances with proprietary software enthusiasts who mean well & are #FOSS-curious is why our community is resilient.
(1/5) [ Meta-info to start the thread. Here and the posts that follow reply to lots of people's comments (from various threads) together here. Can we consolidate this conversation into this single thread to discuss https://sfconservancy.org/blog/2026/apr/15/eternal-november-generative-ai-llm/ ? ]
Cc: @wwahammy @silverwizard @mjw @cwebber @josh @jamey @mason @spencer @rootwyrm @drwho @mmu_man @mathieui @beeoproblem
(2/5) … In https://sfconservancy.org/blog/2026/apr/15/eternal-november-generative-ai-llm/ ,
Denver's key points are: we *have* to (a) be open to *listening* to people who want to contribute #FOSS with #LLM-backed generative #AI systems, & (b) work collaboratively on a *plan* of how we can solve the current crisis.
Nothing ever got done politically that was good when both sides become more entrenched, refuse to even concede the other side has some valid points, & each say the other is the Enemy. …
@bkuhn After I read the first two lines I thought WTF you want to tell us, but after reading your post carefully I have to admit you are damn right. Not sure if this applies to all #FOSS developers, but to many. It is a bad common habit of humans to put others down, because it lifts themself up a little bit.
All #FOSS developers need therapy.
No, I'm serious.
We *must* end petty one-up-manship & virtuoso knowledge-signalling.
A few years ago, one of the most prominent #OpenSource developers of our age gleefully told me how he dressed down a young, inexperienced junior developer at a code review at his company. WTF!?!
Deal with your insecurity about yourself & don't roll your 💩 downhill to the next generation.
For me, only in my 0x32's am I able to brush that off.
Be kind to Padawans.
#FreeSoftware
I often discuss in therapy the problems we face in #FOSS w/ #LLM-backed #AI (no surprise there).
My therapist told me today that one of her colleagues who was early in focusing on LGBTQIA+ therapy is ending their 20 year practice. In their top 3 reasons? AI.
My therapist also noted that she appreciates that I'm now one of her few patients who doesn't come to her with “Well, I asked AI & it said…” slop.
LLMs may have value for medical uses, but warmed over Eliza does not a therapist make.
¹ Yes, #SiriusXM is a proprietary music service. The fact is, I really love DJ curated content — & until @jzb starts his own DJ show, it is actually hard to fine professional DJs that really like the full span of #music history.
I also think SiriusXM
“less bad” than — say — #Spotify.
But I'm open to feedback on this.
More trustworthy messaging alternatives:
- https://jami.net/ #jami
- https://github.com/berty #berty
- https://delta.chat/ #deltachat
- anything #xmpp / #jabber like e.g. #monal
(Not evaluated yet: #paligram)
If a casual chat about #Linux and #FOSS over a curry sounds fun, please come join us! Just reply to me by the end of 21 January so I know numbers for the booking.
Time: 24 Jan, 19:00
Address:
Kings Cross Tandoori
341 Gray’s Inn Road
WC1X 8PX
Hope to see you there, and any questions feel free to ask.
Over next 1-2 weeks,I'd appreciate an extended thread re: #FrameworkLaptop, #mntreform, & #FOSS.
TL;DR on my idiosyncratic needs:
* minimize binary firmware blobs¹
* Having 2 disks in RAID-1²
* Runs stock Official #Debian stable³
* Understanding best current replacement keyboard options⁴
* Form factor that works for my travel needs.
Is @frameworkcomputer or @mntmn better for me?
I'd be glad if ∃ active engagement on this!