Rejected #40C3 Talk – A new model: Convivial software

Having lost a bet I submitted something I was sure would be rejected to the #40C3. Which was rejected as expected. I am going to try to find another home for this talk, let’s see how that goes. Abstract: For decades we have been grounding our infrastructures in free and open source software stacks. But where corporate accumulation and embrace has put pressure on that idea, “AI” is really throwing a bomb into what we thought could be the future, splitting communities in half and cutting off pathways for rejuvenating the communities. Open Source Software has succeeded. And that success created its biggest failure. Where can we go next? What’s a better future? Description: In this talk I want to explore what I mean when I say “Open Source has failed”. Walk through some of the core assumptions that the movement was built around and argue that we’ve sadly landed at a position where “contributing to open source” can often mean “working for Amazon without a paycheck”. But even without the…

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