In retrospect it was absurd to include non-humans as equal partners in a mutual-aid network - what were we thinking?

Is Free Software a mutual aid project? If it isn't, then what is it?

This proposal solves the 'infrastructure problem' where the entire world depends on unpaid Free Software maintenance. /Ends

A personal Free Software license wouldn't mean that you can't optionally allow companies to use your software.

I would suggest we start using a machine readable file called PAYMENT_TERMS. Here you can waive fees for specific use, eg. I might allow free use by co-operatives and charities, you […]

What I propose is a specific change to a Free Software licence that clarifies that the rights granted to you are granted to you as a person. ie. A GPL4.

This won't change anything for you, you can still work for a big corporation and use whatever tools you like however you like, but these […]

@cstross at 20 mph, the stopping distance is 6 metres, barely more than the length of a car. At sane urban speeds simply stopping is always the right decision.

...BTW the tool is a single file application, right-click, download and you can run it locally or upload it to your own site:
https://apl-companion.netlify.app/apl.html

..cont. I'm acutely aware that for all the obvious value of a #patternlanguage, it is incredibly unwieldy to introduce as a design tool into real collaborative building projects, this should help.

..a #patternlanguage for a co-working space: https://apl-companion.netlify.app/apl.html#p=18,80,88,118,127,129,131,134,142,146-147,150-152,164-165,183,191,193-194,202,237

..a #patternlanguage for a homeless hostel: https://apl-companion.netlify.app/apl.html#p=91,94,115,119,129,147,150,165,179,182,185-186,188,202,241-242

There's a flip side.
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