The freedom open-source software gives you may be priceless, but that doesn't mean you can't support developers nor should you take their work for granted.
Support your favorite open-source projects and their developers! Give them a chance to become self-sustainable! Lots of small contributions can make all the difference!
Do it, become part of the greater common good. It's not everyday you get to participate in a revolution! 😄
(No, I won't get tired of repeating this message. It's important)
@fribbledom
>revolution
I prefer evolution.
@petit @fribbledom
lol :D
I bet all those people who want a revolution think that by doing this they'll cross the START and get $400 or sth...
It's not money but I have inspected your shit. Impressive.
Do you have a fav project or a project that could support?
#gophers #oss #pam-beacon #telephant
Thanks! 🙂
I guess it depends what you're interested in! Beehive is easy to extend and a fun project, but I'd also love to find some time to finally finish Telephant. Mastodon just desperately needs a proper desktop app.
@fribbledom Right after a major portion of developers realize and do this, the market and companies will follow. This is the natural flow of things. Developers are early adopters
@fribbledom once my planned monthly budget has black numbers, I hope to remember this.
@fribbledom
who are some of your favorite foss devs?
@jaxter184 @fribbledom the lone developer who has been maintaining NTP for decades for barely any reward or recognition.
Er, what?
@fribbledom The term "open source" was coined in order to refer to freely licensed software while explicitly avoiding the ethical and social issues of user freedom. If you're talking about freedom then you're explicitly outside the realm of "open source" and you're in the realm of "free software".
https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/open-source-misses-the-point.en.html
See my profile, I'm well aware of the distinction. But I'm afraid we're operating on a rather abstract semantic level here. Looking at all the other reactions here, most everyone seemed to understood perfectly well what I was talking about.
Seeing how the term “free software” is also prone to misinterpretation, I actually still prefer "open source" or at least "foss". Richard Stallman might disapprove, but that's something I can happily live with 😂
@fribbledom Is the approval of others something you ordinarily worry about?
Depends on the situation and who the others are.
Server run by the main developers of the project 
It is not focused on any particular niche interest - everyone is welcome as long as you follow our code of conduct!
If you don't know where to start, but like my open-source work, my tutorials or my posts here...
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