Re: federated free software movement

[Paul Sutton via libreplanet-discuss <libreplanet-discuss@libreplanet.org>]

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On 14/11/2021 20:27, Thomas Lord wrote:
> 
> I think the FSF should have gone in this direction a long
> time ago.
> 
> I think it is a very good idea to add to what you described:
> 
> a. Distributed decentralized business models that are NOT
>     "getting paid to program" or "getting paid to contribute
>     to a software development project".
> 
> b. Those business models aimed at spreading the personal
>     use of free software, and enjoyment of software freedom,
>     by people who don't program or who don't identify
>     as programmers
> 
> c. That includes both service and HW provisioning components.
> 
> d. These businesses should be designed to keep product prices
>     low, to increase accessibility -- yet include enough of a
>     human element to be hard to reproduce at large scale.
> 
> e. The businesses should achieve real economies of scale through ...
>     federation.
> 
> Trivial boring example: Entry level desktops, preloaded, with
> support -- and a federation of those businesses that cooperates
> freely to maintain the shared distribution they use.
> 
> Of course, that kind of thing can be infinitely specialized -- e.g.
> a federation of small businesses that provide DAWs (music production
> and performance software).
> 
> The idea is to make enough money to live comfortably without
> trying to hoard software, supporting a lifestyle of cooperating
> on maintaining and extending that software freely.
> 
> -t
+1

We could add to this that the environmental impact is that we also get 
to use older hardware longer,   I think there is some research somewhere 
on the cost making new laptops vs using older laptops for longer until 
they just stop working.

I know there are movements such as free cycle that that take hardware 
and recycle it,   this also creates jobs etc.


Paul

>> What if there was a combined Free Software, OSHW and Right to Repair
>>    group, providing ideological leadership in a peer to peer fashion via
>>    federated services (including Git-based code hosting) and an emphasis
>>    on teaching how to self-host your own federated hosting 
>> infrastructure?
>>
>>    I'm discussing this on my twitter too:
>>    [1]https://twitter.com/n4of7/status/1459522798892859399
>>
>>    And on Mastodon. [2]https://mas.to/@libreleah/107270135261193137
>>
>>    However, I'm also seeking discussion here on this list.
>>
>>    I wish to gauge the public's response before I proceed for real. Plus,
>>    I intend to bring people onboard to help me start this new initiative.
>>
>> References
>>
>>    1. https://twitter.com/n4of7/status/1459522798892859399
>>    2. https://mas.to/@libreleah/107270135261193137
>>
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