In those late 20th century days of FOSS ascendancy, any adoption of FOSS by some organization, whether a business or a government, might be heralded loudly in headlines or comment sections or even by the organization PR departments themselves. Stencils proclaiming a company's "love" for Linux are the archetype from …
Towards a hierarchy of participation
The advantages of full freedom are not that difficult to recognize and describe. What's tricky is recognizing and characterizing non-free components in a mixed environment, plotting a course away from them, and then navigating that course successfully.
I was heartened to see, for example, the GNU project develop a rubric …
A hierarchy of disclosure
What we share with other people of our own thoughts spans a massive range of possibilities from the very personal to the very public.
At the most personal level roil our wildest dreams, our deepest fears, our greatest hopes. Here then also are our greatest vulnerabilities.
At the other end …
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