@mgone@hci.social

· 19mo ago

new paper (w/ @kaylea@social.coop, @s0hw@hci.social, @aaronshaw@social.coop)! where we looked at when FLOSS projects first publish documentation files and the nature of what they end up publishing https://arxiv.org/abs/2502.18440

arXiv.org

The Introduction of README and CONTRIBUTING Files in Open Source Software Development

README and CONTRIBUTING files can serve as the first point of contact for potential contributors to free/libre and open source software (FLOSS) projects. Prominent open source software organizations such as Mozilla, GitHub, and the Linux Foundation advocate that projects provide community-focused and process-oriented documentation early to foster recruitment and activity. In this paper we investigate the introduction of these documents in FLOSS projects, including whether early documentation con

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Matt Gaughan @mgone@hci.social

· 22mo ago

@andresmh@hci.social yes! I could see this happening... I guess continued maintenance of Chromium is tied to who (in these circumstances) buys Chrome

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Matt Gaughan @mgone@hci.social

· 22mo ago

does anyone know what would happen to chromium under the FCC Chrome divestment proposal? Kind of assuming the answer is "nothing" but... i don't know

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Matt Gaughan @mgone@hci.social

· 25mo ago

I know that this is downstream of the office having to "pay for itself" but the usps should not show you scam-adjacent coupon ads at checkout when you are trying to file simple paperwork

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