We Need to Save What Made Linux and FOSS Possible
– We collaborate inside proprietary environments<p>Why is that? Why have users chosen those environments? <i>Assume they are rational beings, and get at the heart of it.</i> Ask: &quot;How can we address the actual user needs while supporting our goals?&quot;<p>– Many Linux and FOSS geeks today use Linux only professionally<p>Same answer as above.<p>– We&#x27;re not modeling our values<p>WHY? (Hint: &quot;the use of nonfree&quot; is not, and has never been a primary human motivator <i>even for many people who &quot;get it&quot;</i>.)<p>etctera.<p>Finally, regarding the below... only one of these, the first, even tangentially touches on <i>the user experience</i>.  There&#x27;s an implied expectation of so much FOSS advocacy which reduces to &quot;by <i>writing and using</i> our software, you will be wearing a hairshirt for the cause&quot;.  This mindset is guaranteed to fail in front of users, who are by and large &quot;non-believers&quot;.<p><pre><code>     &quot;Having real-time chat is absolutely essential to the advancement of free software.&quot;
    &quot;We&#x27;re the resistance now.&quot; &quot;We need to create mass movement.&quot;
    &quot;Volunteer to write free and open code, to participate in communities.&quot;
    &quot;If you didn&#x27;t live the history, learn from those who did.&quot;
    &quot;If you did learn from history, teach those who need to know it. Respectfully.&quot;
    &quot;Be patient. Remember that the tortoise won not only because it was patient, but because it ignored insult, ridicule and dismissal.&quot;
    &quot;Model your values. Use free software and hardware.&quot;
    &quot;Remember always how &#x27;the rights to copy, share, modify, redistribute and improve software&#x27; are fundamental rights that matter to people.&quot;
    &quot;Work to convince developers that their software freedom matters.&quot;</code></pre>