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I was looking for my dishwasher manual. I noticed next to the manual, a link that said "Free Open Source Software". Curious, I clicked on it, and it's a long list of licenses and copyright information that is used in the dishwasher. Ctrl-F, and sure enough - my name's on the list.
I feel like I should have gotten a discount on the dishwasher, or at the very least access to its firmware source code! 🤠

In 2021 I gave a talk about “openness” briefly tracing the history from the Free Software movement, #GNU, and OSS, to open formats like XML and ODF, then to the #FreeCulture and #OpenData movement like

Dear Reader,

Today I'm delighted to announce a Take Control book about a fantastic new Mac email app called #MailMaven. Developed by our friends at SmallCubed (best known for their popular MailSuite plugin for Apple Mail), MailMaven is a powerful and flexible alternative to apps like Apple Mail, Outlook, and Thunderbird.
The Manual is free from :

While I maybe a Linux Penguin, It's worth pointing out there are plenty of other free OSs which share many of the user space parts (e.g. the desktop) - and some very different; So, give FreeBSD a go once in a while, Then there are things like FreeDOS, embedded OSs, and ReactOS which can run Windows software, or lots of other things to play with. Give some a go:

The FreeBSD Project
FreeBSD is an operating system used to power modern servers, desktops, and embedded platforms.