- On Free Software, Red Hat, and Iran
A story in which I visit the Fedora Council ticket tracker and find an important opportunity to advocate for contributors from Iran.
- 2020/2021 in Open Source at UNICEF Innovation Fund
The UNICEF Innovation Fund offers a unique Open Source mentorship programme. This article looks back at the highlights of 2020/2021.
- Committee Risk: A Governance Challenge for Open Source
Open Source communities often turn to a committee model for governing their projects. Sometimes it works, but other times it does not. Why?
- What if Open Source Dependencies Weren't Software?
What if dependencies took a human-centered, or community-centered, approach? We describe dependencies in machine terms, but we miss something.
- Introducing UNICEF Open Source Mentorship
2020 saw the launch of a formalized Open Source Mentorship programme for the UNICEF Innovation Fund. Learn more about it in this reflection.
- 2021 OSI Board of Directors Statement of Intent
This first appeared on the Open Source Initiative Wiki. In light of the election update this year, I am republishing my statement of intent on my personal blog. No culture can live if it attempts to be exclusive. Mahatma Gandhi I believe in the value of upholding the Open Source
- What Is Freedom?
When I first saw the letter asking for Richard Stallman and the FSF Board of Directors resignations with merely five signatures, I knew I had to sign. Not because I knew it would be the popular thing to do. But because it was what was true in my heart. Only
- How Mozilla Open Source Archetypes Influence UNICEF Open Source Mentorship
Mozilla published the "Open Source Archetypes" in 2018. This article recaps how the report influences the UNICEF Innovation Fund.
- Hacktoberfest 2020 With TeleIRC
Hacktoberfest 2020 is here, and TeleIRC has issues ready to help you get your Hacktoberfest t-shirt or tree. Check out what there is to do!
- Facilitation, Collaboration, and Webcams: A Story About Principles of Authentic Participation
This is the story about the facilitation of the Principles of Authentic Participation. This blog post is a story, or perhaps open source lore.