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Dan Brown
@danb@fosstodon.org
mastodon 4.7.3UK based full stack web developer & open source fan, working on @bookstack@fosstodon.org.
Enjoy hiking around, cats and technology.
Toots about open source maintainership & licensing, cats, PHP, Laravel, and the open web.
Following people only, no company/brand/project accounts.
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Joined January 23, 2023
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Today I announce my cat Ben has escaped his security confinement, and gained access to the bath, where he has enabled & consumed unauthorized streams.
While this is concerning, it of course demonstrates his advanced capabilities as a frontier-level feline.
Too warm this week. No work. Only naps 💤 #Caturday
OnlyOffice is getting upset that they've been forked, after they attempted to set sketchy license additions to prevent forks:
I explain their questionable license, including a conversation I had with their legal manager, on isitreallyfoss:
https://isitreallyfoss.com/projects/onlyoffice/
I hope Euro-Office succeeds to provide a FOSS-friendly alternative, will need a lot of effort though to continue a project like that, especially if OnlyOffice play nasty.
3d printer company Prusa close the issue which asked them to clarify that their "Open Community License" is not open source, after they advertised it as such:
https://github.com/OpenCommunityLicence/OpenCommunityLicence/issues/2
#3dprinting #opensource #openhardware
Got sent a .rar archive today 🦖
The last time I remember interacting with RAR files was many years ago when downloading (totally legit) PSP games, which were provided split across multiple RAR archives.
Getting thumbnails for Orca Slicer created 3MF files in Gnome files (and maybe other Linux file managers):
https://danb.me/blog/3mf-gnome-thumbnails/
This builds upon code originally created/shared by @rcarmo@mastodon.social
Made this cute sign for my allotment.
Printed in ASA and ABS.
Just finished up an initial version of a new PHP library I've been working on for the last month.
This is a PHP implementation of Yjs/Y-CRDT:
https://codeberg.org/danb/yphp
This uses PHP FFI to wrap an underlying rust-based library.
#php
My experience with Ubuntu Desktop 26.04:
https://danb.me/blog/ubuntu-desktop-2604/
TL;DR: A solid base with strange self-inflicted issues which puts it in a strange place.
What I've been working on in July:
Printed an open ATX frame to display my first self-built PC (Intel 2500k, sandy bridge, ~2011).
It's also useful as a test system with lots of SATA ports!
It's #caturday treat time!
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@packagist@phpc.social Great news! I'm some way off being able to afford those full sponsorships, but I've bumped up my monthly GitHub sponsors tier ❤️
What I have been working on in June:
What I've been working on for for May:
The cal.com project announced they're going closed source, with the reason stated that open source is risky due to AI vulnerability scanning 🤔
Like with mass firings, I think we'll see other VC-backed "Commercial Open Source" projects use AI as an excuse and opportunity to close their code now that AI is reducing the cost to entry for competitors, and for bypassing licensing or limitations in open core.
The licensing for cal.com was always questionable anyway:
Designed a little organiser for daily contact lenses:
https://www.printables.com/model/1804074-contact-lens-organiser
Designed and printed a barrier so I can leave my window open (to survive this heat) but help prevent cat escapes 😼
Iterated on the design for each printed panel.
Still needs to run through kitty QA though
Updated DanB/RSS with a new grid view, and smaller docker image:
More parts I've designed and 3D printed for my allotment greenhouse:
There's now a lot of PHP video content available on the fediverse thanks to @phpc_tv@phpc.social
I've set foss.video to follow that PeerTube instance so that content is discoverable there too:
An example of how some university tutors appear to assign open source projects to students without permission, leading to awkward situations for maintainers:
https://danb.me/blog/your-project-was-assigned/
March was a bit of a low productivity month. Mainly focused on BookStack releases and patches. Hoping April will be much more productive.
The body is round
If you're an open source maintainer thinking about, or starting to receive, donations and/or sponsorships then I've put together a video with my advice along with a deep-dive into the technical set-up and my experience regarding these methods of funding:
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@Gina@fosstodon.org Yeah, I'm not sure either, but I appreciate the potential diversity of options and the idea of breaking OnlyOffice's author's non-FOSS-spirited control.
New blog post about more economical use of a Sodastream with cheaper (unofficial, non-Israeli-Pepsico-subsidiary) gas:
A look back at one of my favorite pieces of tech: The 2013 Nexus 7
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@daniel @Gina onlyoffice's terms depend on inventive interpretation of the AGPLv3, in a way which goes against the intent and spirit. I'm not a legal expert though. I'd imagine it'd come down to how it plays out in court in practice.
Euro office is in the right IMO, since the AGPLv3 under normal interpretation allows their requirements to be removed as further restrictions
Been a bit more productive in April. Here's what I've been working on:
A bit late, but couldn't sleep so wrote up the games I played last year:
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@foxhkron maybe ChatGPT is also the lawyer they quote (but do not name) in the article 😄
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Looks like I need to update my blog preview image generator to handle escaped quotes though 😅
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@thomasjsn 🤦 Didn't notice that one, thanks, will fix!
The images are generated via a PHP script which is ran as part of deployment. It scans over the source post files and creates a PNG for each. Not in an open repo but happy to share the script if you'd like.
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@falkheiland 👍 Might be a bit too specific of a case to be worth listing in the readme, but maybe something to add to the new community rules page (https://www.bookstackapp.com/about/community-rules/) if it starts consuming time.
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@lil5@social.last.nl done this to explore edit sync in BookStack, wanted to be able to have the server act as a main peer/sync-manager
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@thomasjsn Yup! Images are only generated if missing, unless a force flag is passed, so it's very quick outside of first run (which itself is still just a few seconds on my dev machine).
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@thomasjsn Haha, yeah, might have forced some new issues in images elsewhere!
TBH, this image generation was something I had been meaning to do for ages, but didn't have the time. Ended up being something I tested AI/Claude on to build out the majority of the script (with some manual tweaking afterwards).
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@miklo section 7 is quite limited. It does not specify the form or placement of attribution/legal notice, and whether a header logo image can be considered as such is questionable.
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@fdroidorg@floss.social there's also the CMA which folks in the UK can report to. I documented my report here: https://danb.me/blog/google-developer-verification-cma/
