Queen of Debian Clojure, Her Grace, Dutchess of Node, Empress of Symbol Versions, Conqueress of ABIs. SWE @RedHat. partition-tolerant, available, not consistent
Sep 13, 2021 • 15 tweets • 5 min read
This is a nuclear take, so wearing my FOSS foundation ex-board member hat, let me take a stab at interpreting what's going on here, based on publicly available info.
Summary: the Rust Foundation is new and struggling to bootstrap. #3 in the QT isn't final.
The Rust Foundation is a 501(c)(6). This means it's a non-profit trade association. It differs from a public charity in that it only has to act in the best interests of its members, *not* the general public.
Many software nonprofits are c6's; this isn't unusual or nefarious.
Sep 11, 2021 • 9 tweets • 2 min read
Would anyone like a short thread on "why your takeout salad tastes like ass but it was so good at the restaurant" ?
Okay here we go @reconbot. You have likely committed one of two salad sins: 1. Didn't season it 2. Messed up the distribution of ingredients
Apr 12, 2021 • 7 tweets • 4 min read
Thread 🧵 of 501(c)(3) public charities you can support instead of the @fsf, if you care about its mission:
The Software Freedom Conservancy (@conservancy) provides a fiscal home for community-governed projects like git, sponsors @outreachy, and is the only organization doing GPL enforcement: sfconservancy.org/supporter/
Jan 22, 2021 • 12 tweets • 2 min read
I am real mad about the Elastic relicense so I'm going to vent a bit.
Say that I contributed some code to Elastic, under the original open source license. That license defines the terms of our engagement. Me: "hey I improved your code, can you include this fix so I and everyone can use it?" Elastic: "sure!"
