Michael Downey 🇺🇳 @downey@floss.social

So FLOSS.social is turning one year old this weekend.

What started as a simple fun experiment has turned into (I hope) a useful resource for a rapidly-growing number of people with similar values and interests.

Thanks to our dedicated and brilliant community of #FreeSoftware & #OpenSource supporters for joining in on the journey! And thanks for supporting distributed social networking through #Mastodon!

#FLOSS #FOSS

Every time I can nudge someone to add a #FreeSoftware license to an existing GitHub repository, I smile real big & get a nice warm feeling inside.

You should try it, too.

https://choosealicense.com/no-permission/

#OpenSource #FLOSS #FOSS #t

"It's not stress that kills us, it is our reaction to it."

— Hans Selye

#quotes #t

I still LOL every time some self-proclaimed "expert" thinks that it's a fatal "newbie mistake" when someone understands that the #FreeSoftware movement can peacefully coexist with #OpenSource.

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FSF member since May 2004
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That's a wrap on #FOSSASIA year 10! Here's to another decade of working together to use technology & #FreeSoftware to make the world a better place!

Big thanks to so many who worked so hard to make it happen.

#OpenSource #FLOSS #FOSS

"Children do not have ingrained prejudices. Therefore we have made this game to expose them to different cultures early so they can create a cultural bridge."

-- Indigenopoly hi-tech board game hackathon team at #FOSSASIA team

#SDG10 #GlobalGoals

At #FOSSASIA Duane O'Brien reminds us that more than half of #opensource lives in places other than GitHub.

Think twice before you rely on proprietary platforms for your #FLOSS work. And before you judge people based on GitHub profiles.

#FreeSoftware #FOSS

"By helping other people, we can learn new things ourselves."

- "#FOSS around the world" panel at #FOSSASIA

#OpenSource #FreeSoftware #FLOSS

#FOSSASIA main booth has some geeky ways to hack your name tags. Don't miss it!

Great #FOSSASIA talk with @cybette: "Manage a community like conducting an orchestra - with a lot of hand waving"

#FreeSoftware #OpenSource #FLOSS #FOSS

At #FOSSASIA, we're listening to experts from UNESCO talk about the 2019 Year of Indigenous Languages. Kicking off a hackathon for the next 3 days!

#ICT4D #OpenSource #FreeSoftware #FLOSS #FOSS

"If we the #OpenSource collective fail, we let down all of those who came before and brought us here, and those who will come after us."

-- @harishpillay at #FOSSASIA

#FreeSoftware #FLOSS #FOSS

#FOSSASIA lead organizer Hong Phuc Dang highlights the power of community in #FreeSoftware & #OpenSource. People make innovation happen!

Live video stream: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-pZYCXxeHr4

#FLOSS #FOSS

Want to build #FreeSoftware & #OpenSource solutions that make a global impact?

The Digital Impact Alliance at the United Nations Foundation is hiring software developers from around the world.

Apply today! https://bit.ly/2F9QsOF

#FLOSS #FOSS

Good morning #FOSSASIA! Looking forward to the next 4 days of learning from and with the brightest people in #FreeSoftware! #OpenSource #FOSS #FLOSS

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My team just activated our next round of $100,000 USD for #OpenSource projects that support work at the nexus of humanitarian action, development, and peace.

Please spread the words to #FreeSoftware projects working to make the world better.

Read more and apply by 15 April: https://www.osc.dial.community/catalytic-grant-round-3.html

#FLOSS #FOSS

The International Date Line—that's how I #SpringForward.

#OpenSource #SquadGoals
#FreeSoftware #FLOSS #FOSS

We had a great turnout today at CMU #Africa university in #Rwanda to talk about Google Summer of Code, Outreachy, and our work at the UN Foundation's Digital Impact Alliance.

Learn more about these great programs to help folks learn to get involved in #OpenSource:

https://summerofcode.withgoogle.com/

https://www.outreachy.org/

#GSoC #Outreachy #FreeSoftware #FLOSS #FOSS

#iLoveFS https://ilovefs.org

#FreeSoftware #FLOSS #FOSS #OpenSource