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OSS Watch
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Unbiased advice and guidance on the use, development, and licensing of free software, open source software, and open source hardware. http://oss-watch.ac.uk/
@K_REY_C the ability to critically evaluate technology options and make appropriate choices is a vitally important skill - even many IT professionals are unaware how often their mindset excludes potentially valuable options from consideration (whether thats FOSS, SaaS, or technology from different vertical markets that can be repurposed).
We'd love to see more courses in education address this need!
Ryan Lee Sipes ⚡🦅So friends, been thinking about starting a podcast about #OpenSource projects and the #Linux desktop. What's missing from current content that you'd like to see?
I'd love to really get in the weeds with developers of projects. What else would be cool to hear?
Just updated Mastodon's project profile on #openhub to refresh its statistics (they're more useful than the Github ones).
205 new contributors in the last 30 days!
How open is your #opensource project? Use our rating tool to find out if you're #open or #fauxpen:
bacardi55I just gave a bit of money to @Gargron via paypal for the good work!
Don't forget to help #opensource software and independent and talented developers!
Don't forget to help #opensource software and independent and talented developers!
Justin DorfmanWhy you should become an #opensource sustainer http://red.ht/2n8mALf
@justinpickard its very much applicable to system architecture. E.g. see http://www.emeraldinsight.com/doi/abs/10.1108/10748120910993277
Simon PhippsPeriodic PSA: All open source & free software licenses are "commercial" so please don't use that word as an antonym for FOSS. The word you're looking for is "proprietary".
http://blog.ieeesoftware.org/2016/04/dissecting-myth-that-open-source.html?m=1
Sumeet SinghWhat needs to be developed (apart from core) to help Mastodon adoption?