We had our own Godot GDC Meetup hosted by @GitHub, which was a great time to meet old and new friends in a relaxed environment.

@gdquest gave an insightful talk on the governance challenges faced by big #opensource projects like Godot:
youtube.com/watch?v=ZRFv2rTJLU…

Open Source Republic: Hidden Challenges of Growth Under Self-Governance – Nathan Lovato (GDC 2023)

Presentation by Nathan Lovato at the Godot GDC 2023 Meetup, hosted by GitHub at their San Francisco HQ.Thanks to GitHub for the video recording (and hosting ...

^YouTube

The #GUADEC2023 CfP is still open for 4 more days! Now's your chance to submit a talk, panel, workshop, or BoF proposal: foundation.gnome.org/2023/02/2…

#GNOME #GUADEC #CallForPapers #opensource

Alex Castellani (@alecaddd) is leading the charge on Thunderbird’s modern redesign, and we're thrilled to have him on the team!

But before he discovered the awesomeness of #OpenSource, he had to learn a hard life lesson about pricey, proprietary software...

Find out that story and much more in our "Meet The Team" series, a series of conversations with the people behind the software you use every day.

blog.thunderbird.net/2023/03/m…

#Thunderbird #Community #Linux #UX #Interview #Email

Meet The Team: Alex Castellani, Product Design Manager

Meet the humans behind the Thunderbird software you use and love. Let's kick it off with our Product Design manager, Alex Castellani!

^{Jason Evangelho (The Thunderbird Blog)}

Recent updates to Mutter (included in #GNOME44!) deliver improved performance for even the most demanding apps, including games and interactive 3D apps.

Find the details here: blogs.gnome.org/shell-dev/2023…

#GNOME #Linux #OpenSource

#LAION (non-profit association from Hamburg, Germany) is working on an #OpenSource alternative to #ChatGPT. They are crowd-sourcing a conversation dataset to fine-tune an existing open source #LLM similar to how ChatGPT was created.

You can help creating the dataset on open-assistant.io!

The first dataset release is planned for 15. April 2023.

youtube.com/watch?v=64Izfm24FK…

OpenAssistant - ChatGPT's Open Alternative (We need your help!)

#openassistant #chatgpt #ai Help us collect data for OpenAssistant, the largest and most open alternative to ChatGPT.https://open-assistant.ioOUTLINE:0:00 - ...

^YouTube

"By being on GitHub, we reduce friction from the contribution process and we maximize the ability for others to join in and help. We lower the bar. This is good for us."

There have been many criticism towards GitHub on the Fediverse (#GiveUpGitHub). Some even say it's the "Twitter of hosting code". While I understand the rationale, I disagree. Been using GitHub for over a decade now and have hundreds of repositories there. Without GitHub it would be amazingly difficult to manage. I use for-profit products by Microsoft, can you imagine some of them have their place in the world?

I can quit Twitter, Facebook, etc. and self-host almost anything, but not my and the firm's code. Why?

Read: "What if GitHub is the devil?", an article by @bagder

daniel.haxx.se/blog/2021/01/28… #OpenSource #GitHub

You disagree with what exactly? That there are no viable alternatives to a walled garden whose owners abuse those who use it? Who have no respect for their work and intellectual property rights?

Because there are plenty of alternatives that people use every day.

GiveUpGitHub.org/

mako.cc/writing/hill-free_tool…

#GiveUpGitHub #UserRights #SurveillanceCapitalism #OpenSource

For my latest story, I got to correspond with a Ukranian developer with cerebral palsy who uses ChatGPT and GitHub Copilot to communicate and code. It was wild, because I don't think our interaction would have been possible just a few years ago.

Beyond that, though, #GenerativeAI is removing barriers for him to code and contribute. He even released his first #OpenSource project recently sharing his experience!

github.com/readme/featured/ope…

#ChatGPT #GitHubCopilot #GitHub #A11y

I really loved @thunderbird 's first episode of their new podcast, ThunderCast! And wanted to shout out on Mastodon for this awesome community. #thunderbird #opensource

pca.st/episode/559786de-3f57-4…

ThunderCast #1: Origin Stories - ThunderCast

An inside look at the making of Mozilla Thunderbird, and community-driven conversations with our friends in the open-source software space.

^{Pocket Casts}

Curious about the new LEOS #LegislationEditing #OpenSoftware?

Want to hear more about the use of code.europa.eu, the #opensource project repo from 🇪🇺 Institutions?

Join the community webinar on 28 March at 10.00❗️

Registrations closing soon 👉 joinup.ec.europa.eu/node/70618…

Introducing #MozillaAI: A startup — and a community — building a trustworthy, independent, and #OpenSource AI ecosystem.

blog.mozilla.org/en/mozilla/in…

Introducing Mozilla.ai: Investing in Trustworthy AI 

We’re committing $30M to build Mozilla.ai: A startup — and a community — building a trustworthy, independent, and open-source AI ecosystem __________

^{Mark Surman (The Mozilla Blog)}

The Thunderbird podcast is now available on several major podcast clients, such as:

#ApplePodcasts: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/…

#Deezer: deezer.com/us/show/5866547

#Spotify: open.spotify.com/show/5tWzGLQb…

You can also subscribe using good old #RSS: feeds.transistor.fm/thundercas…

If we're not in your favorite app, give it a few days and check again. Thanks for listening!

#Thunderbird #Podcast #ThunderCast #Email #OpenSource #Linux

ThunderCast

Listen to ThunderCast on Spotify. An inside look at the making of Mozilla Thunderbird, and community-driven conversations with our friends in the open-source software space.

^Spotify

Alex Hollender's retrospective on a recent Wikipedia redesign

alexhollender.com/wikipedia-20…

reminded me of a post I wrote in 2019: Design, and Friction Preventing Design Improvement, in Open Tech

harihareswara.net/posts/2019/d…

On:

those exceptional #FLOSS projects that aren't developer tools, and are robust, & have high-quality user experience

problems & approaches in product management + #UX #design in #opensource, and people already working on it

Wikimedia & design pushback specifically

Design notes on the 2023 Wikipedia redesign

by Alex Hollender

^{alexhollender.com}

Welcome to the debut episode of the Thunderbird podcast, which we're affectionately calling the ThunderCast!

share.transistor.fm/s/0069fd68

#Thunderbird #Podcast #OpenSource #Email #Mozilla

ThunderCast #1: Origin Stories | ThunderCast | Episode 1

Welcome to the debut episode of the Thunderbird podcast, which we're affectionately calling the ThunderCast! It's an inside look at the making of Thunderbird, alongside community-driven conversations with our friends in the open-source world.

^{share.transistor.fm}

We are happy to announce that the #tickets for #fossnorth 2023 are now available.

Get yours here: foss-north.se/2023/tickets.htm…

#opensource #conference #freesoftware #gbgftw #gbgtech

After several months of hard work, it's a good feeling to be able to say our @fdroidorg board of directors is officially chartered and running, and finally with an official legal entity through Dutch stichting (foundation) Commons Conservancy.

💚 Very humbled to be able to serve in this inaugural group of talented volunteers, and even more excited about helping #FDroid into the future.

f-droid.org/en/2023/03/20/f-dr…

#boostsWelcome #Android #OpenSource #FreeSoftware

A new F-Droid board for a new era of growth | F-Droid - Free and Open Source Android App Repository

THE INTERNET, 20 March 2023 — The global F-Droid community is pleased toannounce that it has officially accepted the merge request to adopt anofficial govern...

^f-droid.org

🎉 We're growing! Our global #FDroid community is pleased to announce that we now have an official governance plan and a brand-new volunteer Board of Directors. We're excited to work with them to keep improving the leading all #FOSS mobile app catalogue!

f-droid.org/en/2023/03/20/f-dr…

#FreeSoftware #OpenSource #Android

A new F-Droid board for a new era of growth | F-Droid - Free and Open Source Android App Repository

THE INTERNET, 20 March 2023 — The global F-Droid community is pleased toannounce that it has officially accepted the merge request to adopt anofficial govern...

^f-droid.org

Update. Turns out that John #Deere has been using open code under the #GPL w/o living up to the license. The Software Freedom Conservancy (@conservancy) is calling on it to comply — which would greatly enhance #farmers' #RightToRepair.
sfconservancy.org/blog/2023/ma…

"We…publicly call on John Deere to immediately resolve all of its outstanding GPL violations…by providing complete source code…that the GPL & other copyleft licenses require, to the farmers & others who are entitled to it."

#OpenSource

John Deere's ongoing GPL violations: What's next

I grew up on a farm. My parents worked hard to grow crops and manage the farm business. My parents also found additional jobs to make ends meet. As farmers have done for millennia, my family used tools to farm.

^{Software Freedom Conservancy}

If you're an #iOS #developer, love #opensource, and have a certain passion for email, you should definitely keep an eye on the #Thunderbird careers page!

thunderbird.net/careers/

Within the next few months, we'll be hiring someone to help us lay the groundwork for Thunderbird on iOS. When that career opportunity goes live, we will announce it here.

(So yes, we can 100% confirm we plan to develop an iOS version)

Work with Us

Come work with the Thunderbird team on the most popular open source desktop email client in the world. We are a distributed team comprised of people spread across the globe working on decentralized communication technology based on open standards.

^Thunderbird

Law enforcement use closed-source "secure" communication tools to catch criminals, but this compromises the privacy of law-abiding users. Exclu, An0m, EncroChat - these all prove why only open source software can be trusted. Read more! 👇

tutanota.com/blog/posts/risks-…

#communication #privacy #lawenforcement #opensourcesoftware #foss #opensource

Collateral Victims of Sting Operations: The Risks of Closed-Source Software

Only open source software can truly be secure.

^Tutanota

Go Thunderbird! It's great to see an #OpenSource Project with such a long history thrive.

I can't wait to finally have Sync on all my devices.

What about #PgP in the future of k9/Thunderbird for android?

#dev #mobile #k9mail #android #thunderbird #opensource

While K-9 Mail is developed in the open, following its development on GitHub can be somewhat tedious for a casual observer. So we’re trying something new and summarizing the most notable things that happened in the past month as we head down the exciting road to Thunderbird for Android!

blog.thunderbird.net/2023/03/t…

#OpenSource #Thunderbird #Android #K9Mail #Mobile #Dev

Thunderbird for Android / K-9 Mail: February Progress Report

As we ramp up our development efforts for Thunderbird on Android, it's time to offer regular progress reports. Here's what's new!

^{Christian Ketterer (The Thunderbird Blog)}

Xfce’s Apps Update for February 2023: Ristretto Gets Printing Support, Orage Gets #Wayland Support, Major Notifications Changes, and Much More 9to5linux.com/xfces-apps-updat…

#Xfce #Linux #OpenSource #FreeSoftware

@IzzyOnDroid #opensource at its best:

I recently installed vector pinball from @fdroidorg - great to kill some time, and especially fun because of the sound effects and background music. Out of curiosity I followed the link to the README in it's github repo. In it, the author thanks the guy who added the sound effects and music, who wanted to try out a sound library for android and therefore sought out a silent open source game and created sounds and music for it. He wrote an article about it here: twittering.com/webarchive_arti…

So thanks to this exemplary #FOSS collaboration I'm having a good time, whenever I have a five minute break.

Here's an early look at some fun content we're launching next week!

We're calling it "Meet The Team." It's a series of conversations with each member of the #Thunderbird team, about stuff like:

☑️ When they fell in love with tech or software programming.

☑️ What attracted them to #OpenSource.

☑️ What their day-to-day looks like hacking on Thunderbird

☑️ And whatever else we decide to ask them and they're willing to answer!

We'll start with @alecaddd's origin story... Stay tuned for more!

🕵️‍♂️ Today, the Open Source Programme Office (@EC_OSPO) held a Secrets Management Hackaton for the developers from the 🇪🇺 Commission.

The goal was to remove secrets from the internal projects' codes so that more 🇪🇺 projects can become #opensource and be shared on code.europa.eu.

Uno de los movimientos más inteligentes que he hecho es poner mi computadora de escritorio en #xalapa en una red local virtual con mi laptop.

Ahorita donde estoy no tengo suficiente internet para subir una imagen de contenedor al registro, pero puedo conectarme a la de escritorio y construir y subir el contenedor desde ahí.

El software que uso para eso se llama #nebula nebula.defined.net/docs/

#tip #software #opensource

Nebula: Open Source Overlay Networking | Nebula Docs

Nebula is an overlay networking tool designed to be fast, secure, and scalable. Connect any number of hosts with

^{nebula.defined.net}

The Call for Participation for #GUADEC2023 is now open!

More information about this year's #GUADEC, including topic ideas and where to submit your proposal, can be found at: foundation.gnome.org/2023/02/2…

All proposals must be submitted by March 27.
#CfP #callforpapers #opensource