I think GNU/FSF has a problem with their approach for proffesionals in general. We can gather users and enthusiasts. But there is a real struggle trying to convince the majority of Software proffesionals why they need GPL. And also a serious lack of tools for other proffessional sectors like Cad and UI?UX design to name a few. We need to rethink our strategy towards approaching these groups. MSavoritias
On Sat, Jul 25, 2020 at 17:28, Roberto Beltran <robertobelt...@protonmail.com> wrote: I agree though with previous points Free Software has effectively won. Everybody chooses MIT license nowdays. The question about next steps for me is: Do we start promoting for a copyleft world now? Because as far as I have seens FSF and GNU has been mainly for Free Software goal up until now. Some things I think need to be worked on now: - free software should be more of a kitchen table issue like climate change or immigration. Not everyone will agree obviously, but everyone should know it's a thing. This takes a lot of awareness campaigning and putting out a distilled message that doesn't use off-putting words (like "control", I say this from experience). - Most tech professionals at least have some idea of open source, but there's also a lot of common misconceptions floating around. Having free software advocates around in borderline proprietary spaces helps a lot. You can be there in the conversation to say "you can't just release the source, it needs a license" or "no, the GPL isn't some scary virus" etc. a lot of stuff isn't malicious, just people not knowing better. - there's already a crazy amount of free software and information out there but it's all kind of scattered online in a way. most people don't enjoy spending a lot of time on the computer learning about things like we do. this is where I think local advocacy groups could be super effective, because they can consolidate the best information for their communities and hand-hold new users until they are walking on their own. they can also do outreach to other local organizations and local governments. - there are also critical areas that don't have particularly good free software. I'm not even talking about how GIMP doesn't have every little feature photoshop has. Like something I ran into was that I met a great UX/UI person that wanted to help out LibreMiami, but we realized there's not really a usable wire-framing tool. How are we going to have better interfaces for free software if I need to make excuses to UX/UI volunteers that the wire-framing software isn't even as good as something google puts out gratis? We can talk about the ideals all day, but if we can't thrive we just look pathetic to most people. There are other critical areas like this where we're not on solid ground. Each likely needs a unique solution. Roberto Beltran
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