Been thinking a lot about what comes after “free software” & “open source.” Both terms were coined when the tech industry (& the world) was a very different place. I think we’ve outgrown them.
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I lived in a Co-op residence (WCRI) at Waterloo. Every resident signed up for 2-3 hours of work/week, rather than hire staff. So we washed dishes, pots, served food, mopped, did general repairs, etc. Fees were about 2/3 of other residences, and it fostered a sense of community.
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I've been taking part in the shareware and open source community for thirty years for the same type of reason: I'd rather help out a small business or a community than send my cash to some corporation. Maybe 'Co-op' could be part of the name of the new organization.
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WCRI! It has been a long, long time since that last came up in conversation. And definitely never in a random discussion of software licenses in twitterland. I'm also an alum.
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