#ethicalsource — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #ethicalsource, aggregated by home.social.
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New on the OES blog: the Contributor Covenant 3 working group members collaborated on a post about the process of rewriting this critical doc. https://ethicalsource.dev/blog/power-of-consensus/
#EthicalSource #opensource #CodesOfConduct #ContributorCovenant
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New on the OES blog: the Contributor Covenant 3 working group members collaborated on a post about the process of rewriting this critical doc. https://ethicalsource.dev/blog/power-of-consensus/
#EthicalSource #opensource #CodesOfConduct #ContributorCovenant
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Thanks to volunteers from the global FOSS community, Contributor Covenant 3, the gold standard code of conduct for digital communities, is now available in Japanese and Spanish!
We welcome additional human-powered native speaker translations to adapt this critical community governance tool for use around the world. (Machine translations are not accepted.)
See all 40 translations here: https://www.contributor-covenant.org/translations/
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Thanks to volunteers from the global FOSS community, Contributor Covenant 3, the gold standard code of conduct for digital communities, is now available in Japanese and Spanish!
We welcome additional human-powered native speaker translations to adapt this critical community governance tool for use around the world. (Machine translations are not accepted.)
See all 40 translations here: https://www.contributor-covenant.org/translations/
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Thanks to a volunteer translator, Contributor Covenant 3.0 is now available in Hungarian (Magyar), the 7th language for the latest version of the code of conduct. So many thanks to Mukli Krisztián for the amazing work!
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Thanks to a volunteer translator, Contributor Covenant 3.0 is now available in Hungarian (Magyar), the 7th language for the latest version of the code of conduct. So many thanks to Mukli Krisztián for the amazing work!
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RE: https://fosstodon.org/@ethicalsource/116281522659176092
This is a great example of why we don't accept machine translations of Contributor Covenant, by the way. Words matter.
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RE: https://fosstodon.org/@ethicalsource/116281522659176092
This is a great example of why we don't accept machine translations of Contributor Covenant, by the way. Words matter.
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A great annotated diff of Contributor Covenant 3, and a detailed narrative about what went into Yunseo Kim's volunteer Korean translation of the code of conduct:
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A great annotated diff of Contributor Covenant 3, and a detailed narrative about what went into Yunseo Kim's volunteer Korean translation of the code of conduct:
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My first peer-reviewed paper! "Queer(ing) Epistemology through Intersectional Data Science: Relational Knowledge and Affective Queries with TMI-WEB", co-authored with Dr Jess Parris Westbrook, was accepted by the Design Research Society!
The paper will be published in open access format later this year, and is being presented at the DRS conference in Edinburgh in June. You can register at https://drs2026.thedrs.org/home.
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My first peer-reviewed paper! "Queer(ing) Epistemology through Intersectional Data Science: Relational Knowledge and Affective Queries with TMI-WEB", co-authored with Dr Jess Parris Westbrook, was accepted by the Design Research Society!
The paper will be published in open access format later this year, and is being presented at the DRS conference in Edinburgh in June. You can register at https://drs2026.thedrs.org/home.
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"A win for ethical source in open science: TMI-WEB awarded grant by the Open Research Community Accelerator (ORCA)"
https://ethicalsource.dev/blog/tmi-web-grant/
#EthicalSource #opensource #OpenScience #Design #socialccience
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"A win for ethical source in open science: TMI-WEB awarded grant by the Open Research Community Accelerator (ORCA)"
https://ethicalsource.dev/blog/tmi-web-grant/
#EthicalSource #opensource #OpenScience #Design #socialccience
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Is anyone working on an open data standard/protocol for moving context and history between AI platforms? Is this a path to more data autonomy?
This could be something for FOSS institutions to get behind as a practical contribution to the field. We don't need better definitions, we need that freedom you've been talking about all these years.
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Is anyone working on an open data standard/protocol for moving context and history between AI platforms? Is this a path to more data autonomy?
This could be something for FOSS institutions to get behind as a practical contribution to the field. We don't need better definitions, we need that freedom you've been talking about all these years.
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django announces their plan for the thoughtful rollout of Contributor Covenant:
https://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2026/feb/19/2026-coc-update-phase-2/
Kudos to the team for making the governance connection, and we're excited to see how the django community adapts Contributor Covenant to meet their needs.
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django announces their plan for the thoughtful rollout of Contributor Covenant:
https://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2026/feb/19/2026-coc-update-phase-2/
Kudos to the team for making the governance connection, and we're excited to see how the django community adapts Contributor Covenant to meet their needs.
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It amuses me no end that musicians and artists can come out shouting against their work being used by fascists and murderers and are applauded.
And when one suggests that that might be a good position to take publicly for "us", inevitably someone comes out of the woodwork with "well actually then it would no longer be Free or Open Source because of the four freedoms"
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It amuses me no end that musicians and artists can come out shouting against their work being used by fascists and murderers and are applauded.
And when one suggests that that might be a good position to take publicly for "us", inevitably someone comes out of the woodwork with "well actually then it would no longer be Free or Open Source because of the four freedoms"
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The Hanami project announces that it has upgraded to Contributor Covenant 3!
https://hanamirb.org/blog/2025/09/02/hanami-adopts-contributor-covenant-3-0/
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The Hanami project announces that it has upgraded to Contributor Covenant 3!
https://hanamirb.org/blog/2025/09/02/hanami-adopts-contributor-covenant-3-0/
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The team behind the new Contributor Covenant website faced a challenge: how to make adoption easy, without making it thoughtless.
Our new builder tool slows adoption to the speed of trust with specific prompts for communities to customize their reporting and enforcement guidelines, and directs adopters to resources and guides from industry experts on codes of conduct.
Learn more at https://www.contributor-covenant.org/
#EthicalSource #opensource #OpenSourceCommunity #CodesOfConduct #ContributorCovenant
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The team behind the new Contributor Covenant website faced a challenge: how to make adoption easy, without making it thoughtless.
Our new builder tool slows adoption to the speed of trust with specific prompts for communities to customize their reporting and enforcement guidelines, and directs adopters to resources and guides from industry experts on codes of conduct.
Learn more at https://www.contributor-covenant.org/
#EthicalSource #opensource #OpenSourceCommunity #CodesOfConduct #ContributorCovenant
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Congratulations go to IBM as the first official adopter of Contributor Covenant 3.0!
See more featured adopters and explore what's new with the premier code of conduct for digital communities at https://www.contributor-covenant.org
#opensource #EthicalSource #ContributorCovenant #CodesOfConduct
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Congratulations go to IBM as the first official adopter of Contributor Covenant 3.0!
See more featured adopters and explore what's new with the premier code of conduct for digital communities at https://www.contributor-covenant.org
#opensource #EthicalSource #ContributorCovenant #CodesOfConduct
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Voluntários para a tradução do #ContributorCovenant em Português e outras línguas e dialectos dos diversos cantos do mundo são bem-vindos.
https://www.contributor-covenant.org/
#OpenSource #CommunityManagement #FreeSoftware #FOSS #EthicalSource #InnerSource #volunteers
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Voluntários para a tradução do #ContributorCovenant em Português e outras línguas e dialectos dos diversos cantos do mundo são bem-vindos.
https://www.contributor-covenant.org/
#OpenSource #CommunityManagement #FreeSoftware #FOSS #EthicalSource #InnerSource #volunteers
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@sc00bz
None. That would be a restriction on the #FourFreedoms all #OpenSource #licensing has to follow.You should be change to an #EthicalSource licence like The Hippocratic License https://firstdonoharm.dev instead.
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@sc00bz
None. That would be a restriction on the #FourFreedoms all #OpenSource #licensing has to follow.You should be change to an #EthicalSource licence like The Hippocratic License https://firstdonoharm.dev instead.
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Join the (m)otherboard book club event this Wednesday the 30th at 8 Eastern/5 Pacific as we discuss Part 2 of We Just Build Hammers: Stories from the Past, Present, and Future of Responsible Tech.
This week we're focusing on the early days of computing, including the story of a mysterious stranger and a naive locksmith. Come for the discussion, stay for the community, leave with a clearer head. Join us!
#ethics #EthicalSource #EthicalTech
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/motherboard-book-club-we-just-build-hammers-tickets-1331042677479
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Join the (m)otherboard book club event this Wednesday the 30th at 8 Eastern/5 Pacific as we discuss Part 2 of We Just Build Hammers: Stories from the Past, Present, and Future of Responsible Tech.
This week we're focusing on the early days of computing, including the story of a mysterious stranger and a naive locksmith. Come for the discussion, stay for the community, leave with a clearer head. Join us!
#ethics #EthicalSource #EthicalTech
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/motherboard-book-club-we-just-build-hammers-tickets-1331042677479
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ICYMI: my first book is out and available everywhere! "We Just Build Hammers: Stories from the Past, Present, and Future of Responsible Tech" brings to life the unsung heroes of responsible technology and the science fiction that inspired them.
(If the price is a barrier for you, please DM for a discount code.)
#ResponsibleTech #TheFutureIsSoft #TheHammerBoook #EthicalSource
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ICYMI: my first book is out and available everywhere! "We Just Build Hammers: Stories from the Past, Present, and Future of Responsible Tech" brings to life the unsung heroes of responsible technology and the science fiction that inspired them.
(If the price is a barrier for you, please DM for a discount code.)
#ResponsibleTech #TheFutureIsSoft #TheHammerBoook #EthicalSource
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It's here! Available now from Apress/SpringerNature, "We Just Build Hammers: Stories from the Past, Present, and Future of Responsible Tech" brings to life tales of the unsung heroes of responsible tech, and the science fiction that inspired them.
Find your copy at your favorite online bookstore, or learn more at https://thehammerbook.com
Boosts appreciated!
#TechJustice #EthicalSource #ResponsibleTech #TheFutureIsSoft #books #bookstodon
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It's here! Available now from Apress/SpringerNature, "We Just Build Hammers: Stories from the Past, Present, and Future of Responsible Tech" brings to life tales of the unsung heroes of responsible tech, and the science fiction that inspired them.
Find your copy at your favorite online bookstore, or learn more at https://thehammerbook.com
Boosts appreciated!
#TechJustice #EthicalSource #ResponsibleTech #TheFutureIsSoft #books #bookstodon
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Did you know? Contributor Covenant is just one of the tools that make up our "Ethical Stack”. Learn more at https://ethicalsource.dev/what-we-do/
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Did you know? Contributor Covenant is just one of the tools that make up our "Ethical Stack”. Learn more at https://ethicalsource.dev/what-we-do/
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Apple open-sources its build system, and adopts Contributor Covenant for the community: https://appleinsider.com/articles/25/02/02/apple-moves-to-open-source-unify-swift-component-across-platforms
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Apple open-sources its build system, and adopts Contributor Covenant for the community: https://appleinsider.com/articles/25/02/02/apple-moves-to-open-source-unify-swift-component-across-platforms
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Co-presenting on Saturday Feb 15 at the virtual FOSDEM Open Research Devroom re TMI-WEB, an open and ethical toolkit for qualitative analysis that lets social science researchers explore the complexities of intersectional identities. Hope to see you there!
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Co-presenting on Saturday Feb 15 at the virtual FOSDEM Open Research Devroom re TMI-WEB, an open and ethical toolkit for qualitative analysis that lets social science researchers explore the complexities of intersectional identities. Hope to see you there!
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One more comment: I have very little faith left in existing organizations which steward these considerations.
The OSI
The FSF
What have they done to prevent the enshittification of the Internet, strip-mined en masse by Big Tech, as well as the explosive growth of the far-right?
Nothing. That's what.
*But Jared, that's not their job!*
OK. So whose job is it then?!
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One more comment: I have very little faith left in existing organizations which steward these considerations.
The OSI
The FSF
What have they done to prevent the enshittification of the Internet, strip-mined en masse by Big Tech, as well as the explosive growth of the far-right?
Nothing. That's what.
*But Jared, that's not their job!*
OK. So whose job is it then?!
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And before someone wanders into my mentions to say that technology is neutral and ethical considerations don't belong in software licenses, blah blah blah…
…well you're wrong. 😄
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And before someone wanders into my mentions to say that technology is neutral and ethical considerations don't belong in software licenses, blah blah blah…
…well you're wrong. 😄
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I'm likely going to be working on a major new installable software project later this year, and I'm very unsure I want to release it under an #OpenSource license as they are currently defined.
What I want is a combination of an #EthicalSource license such as Do No Harm (which unfortunately seems to have stalled in its development 3 years ago), combined with a #ProCraft clause which forbids using the software to promote or train LLMs.
I simply refuse to release code usable by LLM-loving Nazis.
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I'm likely going to be working on a major new installable software project later this year, and I'm very unsure I want to release it under an #OpenSource license as they are currently defined.
What I want is a combination of an #EthicalSource license such as Do No Harm (which unfortunately seems to have stalled in its development 3 years ago), combined with a #ProCraft clause which forbids using the software to promote or train LLMs.
I simply refuse to release code usable by LLM-loving Nazis.
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You can learn more about what we stand for and what we work for at https://ethicalsource.dev
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You can learn more about what we stand for and what we work for at https://ethicalsource.dev
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The Organization for Ethical Source is a scrappy nonprofit working at the intersection of tech ethics and open source. Best known as the stewards of Contributor Covenant and the creators of the Hippocratic License, OES does critical work to promote equity in the open ecosystem.
Please consider making a one-time or recurring donation on Open Collective to support our work: https://opencollective.com/ethical-source
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The Organization for Ethical Source is a scrappy nonprofit working at the intersection of tech ethics and open source. Best known as the stewards of Contributor Covenant and the creators of the Hippocratic License, OES does critical work to promote equity in the open ecosystem.
Please consider making a one-time or recurring donation on Open Collective to support our work: https://opencollective.com/ethical-source
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The Organization for Ethical Source is a scrappy nonprofit working at the intersection of tech ethics and open source. Best known as the stewards of Contributor Covenant and the creators of the Hippocratic License, OES does critical work to promote equity in the open ecosystem.
Please consider making a one-time or recurring donation on Open Collective to support our work: https://opencollective.com/ethical-source
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The Organization for Ethical Source is a scrappy nonprofit working at the intersection of tech ethics and open source. Best known as the stewards of Contributor Covenant and the creators of the Hippocratic License, OES does critical work to promote equity in the open ecosystem.
Please consider making a one-time or recurring donation on Open Collective to support our work: https://opencollective.com/ethical-source
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To mark its 10th anniversary, the Organization for Ethical Source has been hard at work on Contributor Covenant 3.0. Volunteers are doing amazing thinking, discussing, translating, and writing, and this major revision promises to meet the changing needs of digital communities of all kinds around the world.
Join us? https://ethicalsource.dev
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To mark its 10th anniversary, the Organization for Ethical Source has been hard at work on Contributor Covenant 3.0. Volunteers are doing amazing thinking, discussing, translating, and writing, and this major revision promises to meet the changing needs of digital communities of all kinds around the world.
Join us? https://ethicalsource.dev
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On this day, in 2014, Contributor Covenant was released to the world. Since then, codes of conduct have become the norm in most open source projects, and Contributor Covenant remains the most-adopted and most-trusted code of conduct in the ecosystem.
www.contributor-covenant.org
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On this day, in 2014, Contributor Covenant was released to the world. Since then, codes of conduct have become the norm in most open source projects, and Contributor Covenant remains the most-adopted and most-trusted code of conduct in the ecosystem.
www.contributor-covenant.org
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@p4bl0 @passageenseine J’en avais parlé il y a quelques années à Devoxx, Sunny Tech et au @capitoledulibre, la troisième voie des licences « éthiques » semble attirer de plus en plus de monde, et replace l’humain au centre. C’est un paradigme intéressant je trouve. Séparer les mondes #opensource, #libre et #ethicalsource ne me paraît pas une mauvaise chose, ça apporte de la lisibilité. On ne fait pas du neuf avec du vieux 😁
https://speakerdeck.com/pylapp/licences-open-source-entre-guerre-de-clochers-et-radicalite?slide=40 -
@p4bl0 @passageenseine J’en avais parlé il y a quelques années à Devoxx, Sunny Tech et au @capitoledulibre, la troisième voie des licences « éthiques » semble attirer de plus en plus de monde, et replace l’humain au centre. C’est un paradigme intéressant je trouve. Séparer les mondes #opensource, #libre et #ethicalsource ne me paraît pas une mauvaise chose, ça apporte de la lisibilité. On ne fait pas du neuf avec du vieux 😁
https://speakerdeck.com/pylapp/licences-open-source-entre-guerre-de-clochers-et-radicalite?slide=40