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erlend, 6 months ago to random

@photomatt & co have talked about making Tumblr fully open source for a long time. In light of Tumblr’s downsizing, this is the time to do so!

Since it’s failing to make a profit they may as well release it for the wider internet community to go nuts with it.

Better yet, spin Tumblr out as a standalone co-op venture to succeed or fail on its own merits.

https://www.tumblr.com/photomatt/733551497286172672/translation-of-internalspeak-to-externalspeak

#OpenSource #coop #tumblr

erlend, 6 months ago to random

There’s a major convergence of OAuth/OIDC support across #fediverse applications, #Matrix is going all-in on it as its root default, and other social web protocols are tagging along as well.

Like the separation of church and state, it seems prudent to keep the management of our digital identities separate from our social network servers.

Domain-based OIDC accounts, especially when self-hosted, serve the function of a minimum-viable #nomadicidentity

https://socialhub.activitypub.rocks/t/autonomous-identity-for-the-pluriverse-based-on-oauth-oidc/3675?u=erlend_sh

erlend, 7 months ago to random

Heather Meeker - esteemed legal scholar in open source licensing & commerce (i.e. sustainability) - has written a book that every single #OpenSource maintainer ought to read, now available for preorder.

From Project to Profit: How to Build a Business Around Your Open Source Project

https://a.co/d/gTe77TK

You know what’s harder than maintaining an open source project? Making a living off of it. But it is possible, and it’s better than subsiding your OSS practice with a closed-source day job.

erlend, 8 months ago to random

/microblogmemes is a great #lemmy community, but there’s something really off about sharing a post from one #fediverse app to another via a screenshot.

Groups support in #Mastodon will start an exciting new chapter in this #interoperability story.

https://blog.erlend.sh/group-convergence

smallcircles, 8 months ago to activitypubtestsuite

@activitypubtestsuite I collected all recent discussion around #ActivityPub testing I could find and collected it in a #SocialHub wiki..

https://socialhub.activitypub.rocks/t/wiki-collected-feedback-on-interop-testing-methods-living-docs-and-specs/3538

You can update this wiki post by clicking 'Edit' in bottom-right corner.

erlend, 8 months ago to fediversenews

Several years in the making, GitLab is now very actively implementing #ActivityPub! 🙌

https://gitlab.com/groups/gitlab-org/-/epics/11247

The end-goal is to support AP for merge requests (aka pull requests), meaning git.alice.dev can send an MR to gitlab.com/Bob/project.git

First bite-sized todo on the implementation path there is ‘subscribe to project releases’.

Smart move by GitLab; through ActivityPub they’re getting a distributed version of GitHub’s social layer.

@fediversenews #fediverse #GitHub #git