i’m all for periodic contributions through channels like open collective but bounties rarely get to the point of being persuading.
for a couple of years now my favorite foss project has been blender bim addon and its community osarch.
it has a unique aspect. the software stack it’s trying to be an alternative of includes giants like autodesk, nemetchek etc. although it’s a gigantic shoe to fill, it has been really really successful at doing what it’s doing. i have been using it for a year now and cannot fathom to go back.
the community consists of experienced construction sector people and a decent amount of them are directly involved in the software development, be it coding, bug triage, educational content, technical support etc.
i guess the thing that makes a project tick is having a working state software, the degree to which is not important, and being community oriented.
People interested in these topics might also be interested in taking a look at how Zig handles some of them, for added perspective. I don’t necessarily agree with all of the project lead’s ideas re: open-source funding, but I believe it’s worth knowing they exist.
Bbbblenderrrrr for sure. Dont know much about the community, but making software that people want to use and is relatovely easy to contribute to is of course fundamental to the rest.
The idea of FOSS relying on a social network which isn’t itself open source doesn’t sound like a good idea. It already relies too much on github and discord.
But the social network can be open. My current idea is precisely to build this like communick (replacing Mastodon with Takahe) and make it on top of the activitypub-enabled services that can interop with other networks, except that to get accounts at the instances people need to pay the monthly subscription.
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i’m all for periodic contributions through channels like open collective but bounties rarely get to the point of being persuading.
for a couple of years now my favorite foss project has been blender bim addon and its community osarch.
it has a unique aspect. the software stack it’s trying to be an alternative of includes giants like autodesk, nemetchek etc. although it’s a gigantic shoe to fill, it has been really really successful at doing what it’s doing. i have been using it for a year now and cannot fathom to go back.
the community consists of experienced construction sector people and a decent amount of them are directly involved in the software development, be it coding, bug triage, educational content, technical support etc.
i guess the thing that makes a project tick is having a working state software, the degree to which is not important, and being community oriented.
Beyond All Reason, a FOSS RTS that is just absolutely amazing
Might have to give that a go
People interested in these topics might also be interested in taking a look at how Zig handles some of them, for added perspective. I don’t necessarily agree with all of the project lead’s ideas re: open-source funding, but I believe it’s worth knowing they exist.
Everything I read about Zig makes me like it more. This is honest dealings. Okay, I’ll try it on a microcontroller project and see how it goes.
Bbbblenderrrrr for sure. Dont know much about the community, but making software that people want to use and is relatovely easy to contribute to is of course fundamental to the rest.
Oh, wow, talk about timing.
Last week, I wrote a post asking for feedback for an idea to fund musicians. While the feedback was mostly positive, I realized that what I was proposing wasn’t necessarily restricted to musicians, and could be used as a model for all types of creative work. So I decided to take this whole thing and make a prototype for a “paid social media network where people and companies can contribute to anyone working in a creative project”
The idea of FOSS relying on a social network which isn’t itself open source doesn’t sound like a good idea. It already relies too much on github and discord.
But the social network can be open. My current idea is precisely to build this like communick (replacing Mastodon with Takahe) and make it on top of the activitypub-enabled services that can interop with other networks, except that to get accounts at the instances people need to pay the monthly subscription.