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Shifting Perspectives on Purchasing Open Source Software
At FUTO, we want to make open-source software development sustainable. We believe that developers should be paid for their time and energy spent on their projects, and have the legal ability to...
Joe OcchioneroThe Future of Software Distribution
Software centralization exists on a spectrum between two poles. At one extreme are the hyperscalers like Google and Amazon. Most of the Internet's population lives within gigantic server blocks owned...
Adam JesionowskiBeyond Donations: FUTO's Vision for a Sustainable Software Ecosystem
FUTO has two simple goals. Number one: Produce delightful software. The software we build should provide a welcome contrast to Silicon Valley corporations packed with ads, tracking, and spyware. With...
FUTOEthical Data: Balancing User Privacy and Trust
We get that privacy policies of most all modern tech companies are intentionally vague, long, and abusive to consumers; these are written to confuse rather than inform you. In the 90s, nobody cared;...
Louis RossmannThoughts on 'The Open Source Definition'
" ... the obvious meaning for the expression 'open source software' is 'You can look at the source code'." Richard Stallman --- I learned by 2004 that Silicon Valley was up to no good. I wound up...
Eron Wolf