Facebook/Meta starts talking about the "Extend" phase of Embrace, Extend, Extinguish as predicted:
"“You could imagine an extension to the protocol eventually — of saying like, ‘I want to support micropayments,’ or … like, ‘hey, feel free to show me ads, if that supports you.’ Kind of like a way for you to self-label or self-opt-in. That would be great,”
In anticipation of keynoting at LibrePlanet 2024, Wilson says: "Let's imagine a bright future to ensure free software thrives for the next forty years and beyond!" Read the full announcement: https://u.fsf.org/40u#LibrePlanet#LibrePlanet 2024 @daviwil
It mentions progress updates, challenges, and links to recent #sustainoss podcast interview, and #fossy presentation video (and older 2022 #libreplanet presentation) with updated, clearer explanations of the economics of #publicgoods and discussion of #cooperation and #collectiveaction dilemmas.
In #LibrePlanet talk about #GNU#Taler the speaker Iván Alejandro Ávalos Díaz is warning us about our future in 2050 where we no longer have #Freedoms to choose our payment systems, pay with cash, or pay at all if we were behaving 'naughty'.
"Repair is not a crime: An update from the front line of the Right to Repair fight" by Kyle Wiens will be starting soon in the Jupiter room. Check this talk out and more via: https://u.fsf.org/3ir#LibrePlanet
"GNU Taler is a protocol and software that promotes the same revolution in payment methods, where people can participate freely to generate an essential infrastructure for today's society."
"We are thrilled that Alyssa Rosenzweig will keynote #LibrePlanet 2024. Her work is fascinating and trailblazing. As long as companies like Apple deny its users the freedoms we all deserve, we rely on free software developers like Rosenzweig to defend it," says Zoë Kooyman, executive director of the FSF. https://u.fsf.org/43c
Yesterday in #LibrePlanet chat I named the #Makepad project, a real adorable 😍 effort that's still lacking on the #a11y side, i.e. could do with some #AccessKit on board.
Today I found out that Makepad is apparently part of a #Rust appdev effort, called #Robius. Another project here is #Dioxus.. also in for @accesskit#accessiblity support.. maybe. 🤔
Robius looks like a very loose conglomeration of independent projects. Maybe AccessKit is even a fit to it?
There are only two days left to submit your session for LibrePlanet 2024: Cultivating Community. This also means there's less than one week left to nominate a member or project of the free software community for the Free Software Awards! Take action: https://u.fsf.org/41h#LibrePlanet#LibrePlanet2024#FreeSoftwareAwards
"The heart of the software freedom fight is resisting abuses of power: surveillance capitalism, vendor lock-in, planned obsolescence, and more. As software freedom activists, we stand in solidarity with marginalized people against oppression, laborers against exploitation, dissidents against authoritarianism," says Alyssa Rosenzweig who will keynote #LibrePlanet 2024. https://u.fsf.org/43chttps://libreplanet.org/2024/
We're a local FOSS meet up that meets at Hamilton Restaurant and Bar in Brookline.
We'll be having our monthly meetup at 7PM tonight. See: https://bostonopen.dev
We'll meet up in the Jupiter room after closing talks. Come say hi and let us know if you're coming so we have some sense how big a table to get. (Some of us will also brave the weather and walk together)
Wheels up! 🛫 😎 Off to the airport for a weekend of #LibrePlanet goodness in #Boston! Excited to connect with the #FreeSoftware community, dive into incredible talks, and soak up all the free software energy. See you on the other side! #SoftwareFreedom@fsf@rms