I’ve written before about what I’d do if I ran Bluesky or Mastodon. But what if I started from scratch? What would it look like to build a new open social platform - one that's private-by-default, human-centered, and sustainable from day one?

Here’s the blueprint I’d follow: https://werd.io/2025/if-i-started-fresh

#Fediverse #opensource #socialmedia

#introduction I am a lecturer in Mechanical Engineering at the University of Galway, Ireland.

I enjoy inventing (and teaching) methods for computational (bio)mechanics and computational design.

I am the developer of:
* GIBBON https://www.gibboncode.org/
* Comodo https://github.com/COMODO-research/Comodo.jl

I am an advocate for #openscience #opensource and a co-founder and editor for JOSS, the Journal of Open Source Software.
https://joss.theoj.org/

https://kevinmoerman.org/

An animation showing examples of computational biomechanics research I have been involved in. Visualisations include finite element simulations for prosthetics design, mammography, and soft robotics.
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TIL: The European Union Public License.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Union_Public_Licence

Looks pretty decent actually!

• OSI and FSF approved
• copyleft
• SaaS clause (like the AGPL)
• explicitly compatible with several copyleft licenses to allow EUPL code to be integrated into GPL, AGPL, LGPL, OSL, MPL etc. projects
• based on European law
• available in 23 languages, all with the same validity

#EUPL#EuropeanUnion #software #license#FLOSS#OpenSource #licensing

The Call for Proposals for @conservancy's #FOSSY Conference, held at Portland State University from Jul 31 to Aug 3, 2025, is open thru May 5.

The conference has a "FOSS for Education" track covering #OpenSource software and broader open initiatives, such as #OER, #OpenScience, etc.

See https://2025.fossy.us/

Even if you can't make it, please share. The organizers are working hard to grow the event and provide a forum for open developers to meet peers and collaborate.

The #opensource phenomenon is now decades old. There are countless developments, successes and failures, adoption and cooption. Still nerd territory but somebody should write a book about it as this is one of the most remarkable positive behaviors in an otherwise mostly regressive timeline.

My top-three inflection points:

#linux, the foundation of everything

#python, democratizing the fearsome algorithm

#activitypub, the (still mostly unfulfilled) binding of digital society

What are yours?

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🔧 Big news: the first Liberux dev-board is here!

After weeks of work, we’ve finally received the assembled PCB and already started booting it up. Our hardware team has spent the last days debugging, testing, and getting the SoC to talk to the PC, and we’re officially entering the bring up phase! 🎉

📚 We just published a full post with all the details, photos and videos: 👉 https://liberux.net/our-first-dev-board-has-arrived/

#Liberux#LiberuxNEXX #linuxphones #openhardware #opensource

I'm looking for a #FOSS alternative to live surveys like those offered at menti.com by mentimeter.

My use case: while presenting on stage, during a public speaking I would like to ask my audience (100-500 people) some questions. The summarized answers should be visible live on my computer, so that I can show it to the audience.

Boosts welcome!

Update: thanks to your help I was able to find #particify! Just used it on the stage with 200 people in the audience! 🙏🧡

#opensource #publicspeaking

WOW! I’m speechless and truly impressed by the power and kindness of the #FOSS and #fediverse community! ❤️🙏🌻 #mastodon is a true SOCIAL media.

Thanks to every person who spread the word and shared their ideas! Very much appreciated! And so many great FOSS tools to discover! I will go through all of your ideas over the weekend.

#FOSS is not just a software. #FOSS is a mindset. ❤️ Please keep it up!

#OpenSource

I'm looking for a #FOSS alternative to live surveys like those offered at menti.com by mentimeter.

My use case: while presenting on stage, during a public speaking I would like to ask my audience (100-500 people) some questions. The summarized answers should be visible live on my computer, so that I can show it to the audience.

Boosts welcome!

Update: thanks to your help I was able to find #particify! Just used it on the stage with 200 people in the audience! 🙏🧡

#opensource #publicspeaking