Jérôme Carretero

@next @bkuhn @richardfontana TIL about your invention of the Hindering Backchannels Rule "which has two aims: to maximize transparency by discouraging undisclosed private negotiations over license drafting, and to limit the undue influence of interest groups far removed from the concerns of individual free software developers and users" and I find it very cool. I have the firm belief that a majority of serious projects should strive to follow similar transparency / auditability guidelines. I've seen way too many harmful workplace cliques and back-channels in my professional life.

@samir@mastodon.functional.computer You could formulate the question otherwise, like if you are writing software, on a scale of 1 to 4, how pointless or harmful is it? And define pointless... like, #libcaca is uber-pointless but probably not harmful, compared to a video game, casino software, social media, emissions-cheating firmware, autonomous weapons?