Dear all,
I am Max, Programme Manager with the FSFE. I would love to become part of the REUSE project and help pushing it forward. With this email I would like to introduce myself to those who don't know me, and outline a few parts of the project I could be of help for.
For the FSFE, I am coordinating a few projects, for example the "Public Money? Public Code!" initiative [^1] or the EU project FOSS4SMEs which will create learning materials about Free Software for people working in SMEs [^2]. I am also supporting our technical teams, although I am no technician by profession but a political scientist.
What fascinates me about REUSE is the intersection of individual developers, the practical needs of companies, and the legal aspect of licence compliance. I also like its mix of technical tools and human-understandable guidelines.
I hope I can add some value when it comes to explaining technical things to non-techies, boiling down complicated information to a few lines of text, and creating symbiosis with other projects inside and outside of the FSFE. At the same time, I am also keen on learning more about practical licence compliance.
If you have any further questions about me, please do not hesitate to get in touch with me. I am looking forward to working with you on this exciting initiative!
Best, Max
[^1]: https://publiccode.eu
[^2]: https://fsfe.org/activities/foss4smes/
Hi Max,
it's good to have you on the mailing list!
For the FSFE, I am coordinating a few projects, for example the "Public Money? Public Code!" initiative [^1] or the EU project FOSS4SMEs which will create learning materials about Free Software for people working in SMEs [^2]. I am also supporting our technical teams, although I am no technician by profession but a political scientist.
I see a lot of synergies with the projects and activities you are working on.
Maybe REUSE content could become part of a FOSS3SMEs training module?
Best, Patrick
Hi Patrick,
~ Patrick Ohnewein [2019-02-11 19:48 +0100]:
For the FSFE, I am coordinating a few projects, for example the "Public Money? Public Code!" initiative [^1] or the EU project FOSS4SMEs which will create learning materials about Free Software for people working in SMEs [^2]. I am also supporting our technical teams, although I am no technician by profession but a political scientist.
I see a lot of synergies with the projects and activities you are working on.
Great, thank you!
Maybe REUSE content could become part of a FOSS3SMEs training module?
I thought about this as well, but the focus of FOSS4SMEs is more on Free Software *users* and *newcomers*. As far as I understand REUSE, that's a bit different from its target group. But I'd be happy to discuss this.
Best, Max
Hi Max,
On 12/02/19 15:57, Max Mehl wrote:
I thought about this as well, but the focus of FOSS4SMEs is more on Free Software*users* and*newcomers*. As far as I understand REUSE, that's a bit different from its target group. But I'd be happy to discuss this.
maybe you are right on this.
The target groups for REUSE in my understanding are:
1. Software Developers who have been tasked by management to annotate copyright and licensing information in the repository 2. Software Architects looking for projects/libraries/components with compatible licenses to their software architecture/project licensing policy
End-users and newcomers are not the main target. Even if some content, which could be interesting for end-users, like basic copyright and licensing principles, could also be interesting for the developers, who sometimes do really lack the basics.
Therefore I could imagine that REUSE could be a communication channel towards developers of the FOSS4SMEs content.
What do you think?
Patrick
Hi Patrick,
~ Patrick Ohnewein [2019-02-12 18:23 +0100]:
End-users and newcomers are not the main target. Even if some content, which could be interesting for end-users, like basic copyright and licensing principles, could also be interesting for the developers, who sometimes do really lack the basics.
Therefore I could imagine that REUSE could be a communication channel towards developers of the FOSS4SMEs content.
What do you think?
This could work, and I will think more about it. The e-learning course FOSS4SMEs is going to develop is still in the making, but if it's possible to separate a few lessons which would also be interesting for other groups, that would be great. I will also keep an eye on this wish during the next development steps of FOSS4SMEs.
Best, Max