Bradley M. Kuhn

You can't follow me here! I'm now Bradley M. Kühn (npub1p8f…tcuc) on https://fedi.copyleft.org/@bkuhn

Software freedom activist since 1992. Copyleft theorist & FOSS policy wonk. Expert in #FOSS non-profit structures.

Co-Editor-in-Chief of #copyleft-copyleft-next (npub1lck…48s2).

Fediverse “claim to fame”: Invented “Affero clause” of #Mastodon's license: https://ebb.org/bkuhn/blog/2007/11/21/stet-and-agplv3

Day job: Software Freedom #Conservancy (#SFC) — bio below

1ˢᵗ #Linux: 0.99pl12

Pronouns: he/them

Mastodon/Fediverse: https://fedi.copyleft.org/@bkuhn
Professional Bio: https://sfconservancy.org/about/staff/#bkuhn
copyleft-next: https://next.copyleft.org
Personal Blog: https://ebb.org/bkuhn/blog

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Last Notes

2025-06-30 02:03:38 UTC

Today, @npub14pc…26fv & I restarted, relaunched, & revitalized copyleft-next.
All versions & variants of #GPL are great licenses. But, today, #GPLv3 turned 18 years old & #GPLv2 turned 34 years old.
At least once in a generation, #FOSS needs a new approach to strong #copyleft.
These posts have details: https://lists.copyleft.org/pipermail/next/2025q2/000000.html & https://fedi.copyleft.org/@next/114769761806288554
I ask you to follow @npub1lck…48s2 & check out our website at https://next.copyleft.org/.
FYI: I'll migrate this account to @npub1p8f…tcuc later this week.

2025-04-21 16:49:34 UTC

Wow, everyone, response to the petition to #OpenSource Initiative seeking release of results of 2025 Board of Directors Election had quicker response than imagined, but it still needs more sigs:
https://codeberg.org/OSI-Concerns/election-results-2025
I joked than per Arlo Guthrie's song, *Alice's Restaurant*, that it's officially a Movement (since Arlo says 50 people)…
https://floss.social/@bkuhn/114371121751860621
… But forgot to mention Arlo said “50 people a day”😛 — as such, I'd really appreciate if 50 more of you could sign. Could you please?

2025-04-20 19:06:49 UTC

Software freedom matters b/c it enhance your right to repair & reduces e-waste — often unpredictably.
I buy used hardware & use it until irreparable hardware failure.
Every⁰ Handy I've had broke b/c HW power button failed.
Why? Its duty cycle is huge b/c default Android UI uses it to (un)blank screen.
“🍍Lock Screen” is a GPLv3'd app offering alternative quick lock/unlock methods w/out use of hardware power button.
@npub1kx5…0y3x is a FOSS volunteer who *gets* why right to repair matters. Thanks!

2025-04-18 21:14:45 UTC

I encourage everyone to please sign this petition that asks #OpenSource Initiative to release the election results for #OSI's 2025 Board of Directors Election.
3 methods available to sign:
* email <sign@osi-petition.org>
* Pull request on Codeberg: https://codeberg.org/OSI-Concerns/election-results-2025
* Pull request on Github: https://github.com/OSI-Concerns/election-results-2025
I thank @npub1r3x…5md8 & @npub16g0…3cxh's leadership in shepherding the drafting of this petition.
OSI's work impacts everyone involved in #FOSS, so everyone is welcomed to sign.

2025-03-21 17:01:36 UTC

If you're a dues-paying Member of #OpenSource Initiative or represent an Affiliate of #OSI, please get in touch with me via:
* DM on fedi to this account
* email at bkuhn@ebb.org
* XMPP: bkuhn@sfconservancy.org,
* bkuhn on libera.chat IRC
* call/text my mobile number if you happen to have my number.
I would like to discuss what's happened with other concerned parties and make a plan on how we should organize to respond.
ICYMI:
https://floss.social/@bkuhn/114201035037997772
#FreeSoftware #FLOSS #FOSS

2025-03-05 22:20:44 UTC

- reply

After serious irregularities in Board “elections”, I ask #OSI to either:
* reopen nominations briefly & delay voting deadline
* just end the charade of non-binding “elections” & admit OSI is governed by a (perfectly respectable) self-perpetuating Board
https://ebb.org/bkuhn/blog/2025/03/03/osi-board-elections-problems.html
There's no shame in a nonprofit w/ a self-perpetuating Board & that's what #OSI is. “Elections” give the appearance of democracy where none exists. Lack of transparency on that is IMO root cause in these problems.

2025-03-05 22:12:50 UTC

@npub1djq…zj5f 2025 Board of Directors Elections are plagued w/ irregularities:
1. Miscommunicating nomination deadline
2. Misrepresenting to nominators which seats were available.
3. Listing incumbent first in the voter's guide (i.e., not randomly ordering candidates in the list).
4. Telling Affiliate Nominees they need not be Members, then later requiring Membership to participate in voters' forum.
5. Failing to list all nominating orgs for Affiliate candidates.
See
https://ebb.org/bkuhn/blog/2025/03/03/osi-board-elections-problems.html
for more.