- 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.
- 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.
- Cryptographic Autonomy License (CAL-1.0): My First License Review
An amateur license review of the Cryptographic Autonomy License version 1 (CAL-1.0). What makes the CAL-1.0 different from other licenses?
- How Did Free Software Build a Social Movement?
The Free Software movement is rooted to origins in the 1980s. As part of a talk I gave with my colleague and friend Mike Nolan at FOSDEM 2020, we analyzed how the Free Software movement emerged as a response to a changing digital world in three different phases. This blog
- CopyleftConf 2020: Quick Rewind
CopyleftConf 2020 took place on Monday, 3 February, 2020 in Brussels, Belgium. This event report summarizes key takeaways and thoughts from CopyleftConf.
- The Day Open Source Died: A Story About Minecraft, Bukkit, and the GPL
Once upon a time, I volunteered in the Minecraft open source community with Bukkit and Spigot. This is a story about FOSS and young folks.