#FOSSY25

Bradley M. Kühnbkuhn@copyleft.org
2025-08-06

@tomsart

Thanks for these drawings.

I kinda like that you actually have to know me to be able to tell which one as me. Now that I shave both head and beard, I truly am a generic bald white guy. #AgingWhiteGuyAnonymity

But you *did* get the suspenders in there…
fedi.copyleft.org/@bkuhn/11493 maybe that'l makes it obvious.

Also, I like the lightbulb over Denver's head, and the drawing of Rick is a great likeness.

Cc: @lukeshu @conservancy @wwahammy @karen
@vagrantc

#FOSSY #FOSSY25

Bradley M. Kühnbkuhn@copyleft.org
2025-08-04

It's 01:27 in my TZ. #FOSSY25 wrap party ended about 2 hrs ago. But, sadly, after a near week of so much stuff to do in #Vizio case & #FOSSY, even though I'm exhausted I just can't sleep.

So I came home, & as I mentioned I an #MST3K lifelong fan. I turn on the 24/7 stream to help me sleep.

#Manos … theeeee hands of Fate … can't imagine a better episode to be on at this moment.

Hard core MSTies know to only enter the “non-Torgo” division of cosplay at conventions. Always E_TOO_MANY_TORGOS.

In the *Mystery Science Theater 3000 episode called “Manos, The Hands of Fate”, Manos (clad in a ceramonial robe of black & red) chastises his servant, Torgo (clad in an old fedora, a jacket, and carrying a walking staff.) 

The shadow of Crow, Joel, and Tom Servo are visible in the bottom third — in the standard MST3K manner.In the *Mystery Science Theater 3000 episode called “Manos, The Hands of Fate”, during a “host segment”, Joel (dressed as Manos) & Crow (red-eyed like a demon) attempt to intimidate Tom Servo who just nonchalantly reads a magazine.
Michael Dexterdexter@bsd.network
2025-08-04

Woo hoo! Bumped into @xenotrope at #FOSSY25!

Pictured for want of ALT: Selfie with him and his GLORIOUS sushi shirt and Toby shirt under it. He is giving a peace symbol and I’m in my OpenSSH shirt.

Michael Dexterdexter@bsd.network
2025-08-03

#FOSSY25-ing Bummed to miss a meet-up last night.

Picture in place of ALT text: Selfie of my in front of a “PSU” sign (representing Portland State University) wearing a green OpenSSH t-shirt and a cheap grey Columbia fleece, plus the hand-written conference badge.

Bryanbtopro
2025-08-03

Looking forward to a few unconference discussions today. Also be up for helping people make their first HAX site and deploy it to surge.sh or fail miserably and give us DX feedback so we can improve the experience 😸 any takers?

npm install --global @haxtheweb/create

hax start

Make a site, work on it's then run the CLI and publish it to surge

Software Freedom Conservancyconservancy@sfconservancy.org
2025-08-03
Vagrant Cascadianvagrantc@floss.social
2025-08-03

Will also give a lightning talk Sunday August 3rd at 17:30 UTC:

"An Impatient Application of Reproducible Builds"

There should be a live stream, I think at:

restreamer.opensignalpdx.org/

#FOSSY2025 #FOSSY25

כָּלבֿkolev@babka.social
2025-08-02

Getting ready to watch the #XMPP talk at #FOSSY in room 237. youtube.com/watch?v=8DLYl3-qVT

#FOSSY25 #FreeSoftware

Software Freedom Conservancyconservancy@sfconservancy.org
2025-08-02
As @bkuhn mentioned earlier during the keynote at #FOSSY25 we will be extending our offer to provide travel grants to community members who are interested in covering the Vizio trial this September. You can get more information about how to apply here:

https://sfconservancy.org/news/2025/jul/24/travel-grants-for-vizio-trial-to-foss-community/
Bradley M. Kühnbkuhn@copyleft.org
2025-08-02

At #FOSSY25, I participated in a panel¹ discussion w/ @allison (SFC's Board Chairperson), Denver Gingerich, & Rick Sanders (SFC'S GC) about SFC's #Vizio case…
sfc.ngo/vizio
… There were lots of interesting questions both during the session & from the crowd that gathered afterward.

If you are not at #FOSSY & have questions of your own, feel free to ask them in this thread.

Also, *come to the trial*!!
sfconservancy.org/news/2025/ju

¹ Sadly @karen couldn't travel here due to recent ❤️surgery.

Ben Ford :grinchsmile:binford2k@hachyderm.io
2025-08-02

The usage of a #CLA tilts the power dynamic towards the stewarding company and increases the chances of a rug pull. #OpenVox from @voxpupuli will never require a CLA. #fossy #fossy25

Slide comparing the CLA (contributor license agreement) to the DCO (developer certificate of origin)
Bryanbtopro
2025-08-02

3pm PST / 6pm EST you can experience my new talk showcasing the work of the HAX ecosystem with primary focus on its student contributors

Room 329 at or livestream - youtube.com/watch?v=KDeVn23d-bY

Software Freedom Conservancyconservancy@sfconservancy.org
2025-08-01
Proud to announce @ramereth is the recipient of it's inaugural Distinguished Service in Software Freedom. Presented by @pono one of his former students, now at @conservancy helping plan and run #FOSSY25

https://sfconservancy.org/news/2025/aug/01/distinguished-award-in-lance-albertson/
Bryanbtopro
2025-08-01

Lots of good tips today about on boarding, primary reason I'm here, excited to hear more about running hackathons and getting new people onboard as we hope to do a bunch of that this Fall with HAX Club join virtually! 2025.fossy.us/streaming/

Brendan Conoboybconoboy
2025-08-01

@rbowen presenting on "Raising the Bar on Your Presentations" at - so much about presentations isn't the content, the knowledge of the speaker, but how you interact with the audience.

Bryanbtopro
2025-08-01

"despair is a tool of empire"

Michael Downey 🧢downey@floss.social
2025-08-01

Congratulations to @ramereth from @osuosl who just received the first Distinguished Service Award in Free Software from @conservancy at #FOSSY!

#FOSSY2025 #FOSSY25 #FreeSoftware #OpenSource

Lance Albertson receives an award plaque on stage.
John Sullivanjohns@librem.one
2025-08-01

Great shout out from Gunner (Aspiration) in the #FOSSY25 keynote about importance of @fdroidorg for mobile app freedom!

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