McSinyx @mcsinyx@librem.one

"There’s Still No Viable Open Source Business Model"

via https://gestaltit.com/podcast/tom/theres-still-no-viable-open-source-business-model/

SourceHut proves this wrong. Every single line of code we've written is open source, since day one. There are no periodic code dumps, no prototyping in private, no open core with paid extensions. We accept patches from the public. Our company is 100% bona-fide open source.

We've been profitable for 2 years, and our profit margin continues to grow. We published our Q3 financial report last week:

https://sourcehut.org/blog/2020-11-11-sourcehut-q3-2020-financial-report/

It's still early, and we're still small. We did not take on any outside investments, either. But the model works. You CAN make money in open source.

Friendly reminder that Linux and Mesa and Weston maintainers have all accepted bribes to implement Digital Restrictions Management in the Linux graphics stack

links like this are reason enough to be on activitypub: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BZlRt05RY9Y

"As you may know, as of the time this text is being written youtube-dl’s repository at GitHub is blocked due to a DMCA takedown letter received by GitHub on behalf of the RIAA. While I cannot comment on the current maintainers' plans or ongoing discussions, in light of the claims made in that letter I thought it would be valuable to put in writing the first years of youtube-dl as the project creator and initial maintainer."

https://rg3.name/202011071352.html

In a world where technology can mean the difference between life and death, can we afford the restrictions proprietary software places on progress? Watch and share "Rewind," our latest video promoting #UserFreedom: https://u.fsf.org/rewind

Why all the hate on #purism they might have oversold the #librem5 as a daily driver but I hope most bought it to progress the ecosystem... I'm so greatful for the work they did on #phosh and #libhandy that make my #pinephone usable.

For most of this year, @zwol and I have been working on a pretty ambitious project:
* to make a fresh release of GNU Autoconf, a crucial #FLOSS build tool that hadn't had a new release since 2012
* to get paid for that
* to help put Autoconf on a more sustainable footing so it doesn't have to get rescued again a little while down the road

Autoconf 2.70 is due out next month, and you can read my fresh LWN story about the rejuvenation & what's next:

https://lwn.net/SubscriberLink/834682/a90b9cdbc37077f4/