A thought provoker which I think is very important to muse about wrt any world improvement plans you have.
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A thought provoker which I think is very important to muse about wrt any world improvement plans you have.
Commons based is a broad concept, but ultimately you can say that commons based means "in alignment to the adapted Circles of #Sustainability model" that #SX defines.
https://coding.social/blog/reimagine-social/#circles-of-sustainability
Let's zoom in on a particular area of the commons: the #FreeSoftware movement and their #FOSS deliverables, where a strong #WorkingInPublic credo dominates. The noble focus is on offering open technologies, software and systems. But in their quest to uphold #SoftwareFreedom the overlooked aspect is #sustainability. The ability to not only sustain oneself, but also by extension the creative #commons one is part of. The commons is an entirely chaotic grassroots environment with very specific social dynamics that are not properly accounted for. Instead top-down "herding of cats" governance models that work in regular business environments, are attempted. These may work, but only in small organizational settings, and NOT at scale where they break down.
FOSS in this definition is NOT commons-based. For that we need #ChaordicCommons where FOSS is the deliverable and #SOSS initiatives the engines of delivery, #FSDL (Free software development lifecycle) supply chains.
https://coding.social/blog/reimagine-social/#sustainable-open-social-systems
@smallcircles That's an enormous pile of soft, fluffy fluff.
I am sorry. Luckily the fediverse is full of cold hard short-sighted tech, you can hack on ;)
I posted on this notion of #SOSS before, with a meme attached..
https://social.coop/@smallcircles/115399465970544831
There's nothing wrong with #FOSS, but it only provides part of the solution as long as the #Sustainability angle is not given due attention to.
Esp. with disruptive inhumanely introduced #AI #LLM technologies, new major threats to the #FreeSoftware community are surfacing, and giving attention to this subject matter is more important than ever.
Being "commons based" means being able to sustain responsible, healthy evolution and natural growth.