Matt CengiaHow did I only *today* discover the term #HFOSS! ("Humanitarian Free and Open Source Software")? It's a big part of the type of #FOSS I enjoy working with, but I'm quite sure I'd never heard the term before!
A bit of a description in this article by @lhawthorn: https://opensource.com/life/12/9/coding-good-highlights-open-source-humanitarian-movement, and some more at https://teachingopensource.org/HFOSS_Education
Also: https://opensource.com/life/15/2/getting-involved-hfoss
A bit of a description in this article by @lhawthorn: https://opensource.com/life/12/9/coding-good-highlights-open-source-humanitarian-movement, and some more at https://teachingopensource.org/HFOSS_Education
Also: https://opensource.com/life/15/2/getting-involved-hfoss
Coding for good: Highlights from the open source humanitarian movement
HFOSS, Humanitarian Free and Open Source Software, is a movement inspired first by the December 2004 Asian tsunami, and then by other humanitarian needs in the health, civic, finance and academic sectors (especially for women and people of color). Leslie Hawthorn, part of Red Hat's Community Action and Impact team, gives example after example of how HFOSS has improved and made possible disaster preparedness and relief programs, as well as empowered other projects:
LibreHealth
Michael Downey π§’
Sumana Harihareswara