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		<title>Announcing Forgers Guild</title>
		<published>2022-10-18T00:00:00+00:00</published>
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		<content type="html">&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https:&#x2F;&#x2F;forgefriends.org&#x2F;blog&#x2F;2022&#x2F;06&#x2F;30&#x2F;2022-06-state-forge-federation&#x2F;&quot;&gt;Forge federation&lt;&#x2F;a&gt; is a new area of the Fediverse that is evolving. Its potential is huge and the vision one of &lt;strong&gt;&amp;quot;Federated Software Development&amp;quot;&lt;&#x2F;strong&gt;. A new technology landscape is emerging that might cover the full breadth of the &lt;a href=&quot;https:&#x2F;&#x2F;discuss.coding.social&#x2F;c&#x2F;fsdl&#x2F;15&quot;&gt;Free Software Development Lifecycle&lt;&#x2F;a&gt; (FSDL) and foster an ecosystem of projects and communities that can compete with proprietary platforms such as GitHub.&lt;&#x2F;p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;In order to get there the &lt;a href=&quot;https:&#x2F;&#x2F;discuss.coding.social&#x2F;t&#x2F;major-challenges-for-the-fediverse&#x2F;67&quot;&gt;Major Challenges&lt;&#x2F;a&gt; that ail the Fediverse must be avoided. And with Forge Federation entering new areas the opportunity exists to do that right from the early start.&lt;&#x2F;p&gt;
&lt;span id=&quot;continue-reading&quot;&gt;&lt;&#x2F;span&gt;
&lt;p&gt;We are preparing for an &lt;a href=&quot;https:&#x2F;&#x2F;discuss.coding.social&#x2F;t&#x2F;fsdl-ecosystem-alliance&#x2F;125&quot;&gt;Ecosystem
Alliance&lt;&#x2F;a&gt;
that can ensure the long-term health and sustainability of the field.
We&#x27;ll explore objectives, opportunities, questions and open issues in
preparation of an &lt;strong&gt;Alliance Kick-off Meeting&lt;&#x2F;strong&gt; to be held later this
year (2022).&lt;&#x2F;p&gt;
&lt;h3 id=&quot;the-forgers-guild&quot;&gt;&amp;quot;The Forgers Guild&amp;quot;&lt;&#x2F;h3&gt;
&lt;p&gt;At the &lt;a href=&quot;https:&#x2F;&#x2F;coding.social&quot;&gt;Social Coding Movement&lt;&#x2F;a&gt; which is planned
to be &#x27;officially&#x27; launched in Q4 2022 the idea to &amp;quot;unionize free
software&amp;quot; and organize into &lt;strong&gt;Software Guilds&lt;&#x2F;strong&gt; is maturing. When
combining &lt;a href=&quot;https:&#x2F;&#x2F;discuss.coding.social&#x2F;t&#x2F;unionize-free-software-found-software-guilds&#x2F;59&#x2F;7?u=aschrijver&quot;&gt;different plans and
ideas&lt;&#x2F;a&gt;
an ideal name for forge federation ecosystem alliance is: &lt;strong&gt;The Forgers
Guild&lt;&#x2F;strong&gt;.&lt;&#x2F;p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Besides an open and friendly terminology of towns, residents, artisans,
craftsmanship, apprentices etc. there&#x27;s a &lt;a href=&quot;https:&#x2F;&#x2F;discuss.coding.social&#x2F;t&#x2F;forging-free-software-branding-and-positioning-smartly&#x2F;132&quot;&gt;branding and
positioning&lt;&#x2F;a&gt;
opportunity to make &lt;strong&gt;&amp;quot;forging software&amp;quot;&lt;&#x2F;strong&gt; a concept proudly applying to
the Free Software Community.&lt;&#x2F;p&gt;
&lt;h3 id=&quot;providing-feedback&quot;&gt;Providing feedback&lt;&#x2F;h3&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Everyone is highly encouraged to add their thoughts and feedback to this
notepad, and discuss points in the &lt;a href=&quot;https:&#x2F;&#x2F;matrix.to&#x2F;#&#x2F;#general-forgefed:matrix.batsense.net&quot;&gt;Forge Federation
general&lt;&#x2F;a&gt;
matrix chatroom. Also your input is most welcome in &lt;a href=&quot;https:&#x2F;&#x2F;discuss.coding.social&quot;&gt;Discuss Social
Coding&lt;&#x2F;a&gt; where it concerns the broader
FSDL, and in related &lt;a href=&quot;https:&#x2F;&#x2F;matrix.to&#x2F;#&#x2F;#socialcoding-movement:matrix.org&quot;&gt;Social
Coding&lt;&#x2F;a&gt;
chatrooms.&lt;&#x2F;p&gt;
&lt;h2 id=&quot;ecosystem-alliance&quot;&gt;Ecosystem Alliance&lt;&#x2F;h2&gt;
&lt;h3 id=&quot;objectives&quot;&gt;Objectives&lt;&#x2F;h3&gt;
&lt;p&gt;What do we expect &#x2F; desire to be major goals of the alliance? Add your
feedback.&lt;&#x2F;p&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Welcoming and friendly&lt;&#x2F;strong&gt; movement that offers &lt;strong&gt;clear incentives for
active participation&lt;&#x2F;strong&gt;.&lt;&#x2F;p&gt;
&lt;&#x2F;li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Open governance and processes&lt;&#x2F;strong&gt; fitting to our &lt;strong&gt;libre culture and
grassroots nature&lt;&#x2F;strong&gt;.&lt;&#x2F;p&gt;
&lt;&#x2F;li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Living open standards&lt;&#x2F;strong&gt; that are actively maintained, so they will
&lt;strong&gt;evolve and mature&lt;&#x2F;strong&gt;.&lt;&#x2F;p&gt;
&lt;&#x2F;li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Vibrant ecosystem&lt;&#x2F;strong&gt; focused to onboard newcomers and &lt;strong&gt;fosters
technology adoption&lt;&#x2F;strong&gt;.&lt;&#x2F;p&gt;
&lt;&#x2F;li&gt;
&lt;&#x2F;ul&gt;
&lt;h3 id=&quot;candidates&quot;&gt;Candidates&lt;&#x2F;h3&gt;
&lt;p&gt;If a person or an organization is interested to become a Participant,
but aren&#x27;t sure, then add it below, together with considerations &#x2F; open
questions.&lt;&#x2F;p&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https:&#x2F;&#x2F;forg.es&quot;&gt;Forg.es&lt;&#x2F;a&gt;: Future home and dedicated website for The
Forgers Guild?&lt;&#x2F;li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https:&#x2F;&#x2F;forgefed.org&quot;&gt;ForgeFed&lt;&#x2F;a&gt;: Federation protocol for enabling
interoperability between version control services.&lt;&#x2F;li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https:&#x2F;&#x2F;forgeflux.org&quot;&gt;ForgeFlux&lt;&#x2F;a&gt;: WIP ForgeFed plugins for forges
that don&#x27;t have federation support.&lt;&#x2F;li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https:&#x2F;&#x2F;gitea.io&quot;&gt;Gitea&lt;&#x2F;a&gt;: A Git hosting software with WIP ForgeFed
support&lt;&#x2F;li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https:&#x2F;&#x2F;bonfirenetworks.org&quot;&gt;Bonfire&lt;&#x2F;a&gt;: Federated toolkit with issue
tracking functionality&lt;&#x2F;li&gt;
&lt;&#x2F;ul&gt;
&lt;h3 id=&quot;participants&quot;&gt;Participants&lt;&#x2F;h3&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Add yourself below if you want to be part of the alliance. Give
description how you see your role in the ecosystem. Note: It is all just
brainstorm.&lt;&#x2F;p&gt;
&lt;details&gt;&lt;summary&gt; &lt;b&gt;Social Coding Movement&lt;&#x2F;b&gt; (click to expand, and
see open issues)&lt;&#x2F;summary&gt;
&lt;p&gt;This movement is a loose affiliation of Communities and Projects and
(hopefully) a steadily growing number of Social Coding Practitioners.&lt;&#x2F;p&gt;
&lt;pre style=&quot;background-color:#2b303b;color:#c0c5ce;&quot;&gt;&lt;code&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;gt; [**Social Coding**](https:&#x2F;&#x2F;coding.social) is about the
&lt;&#x2F;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;gt; recognition that software development itself is mostly a social
&lt;&#x2F;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;gt; process. The movement is dedicated to addressing the many
&lt;&#x2F;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;gt; Challenges faced by the free software community and crowdsource a
&lt;&#x2F;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;gt; pattern library of Best-practices and Tools to tackle them. In
&lt;&#x2F;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;gt; doing so it wants to leverage the Fediverse to maximum extent.
&lt;&#x2F;span&gt;&lt;&#x2F;code&gt;&lt;&#x2F;pre&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Though the movement has an umbrella organization, for the ecosystem
alliance you can consider its position as a vertical with many
touchpoints to specific elements of the FSDL.&lt;&#x2F;li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Social Coding co-shared community provides services to affiliated yet
fully independent Communities and Projects, such as
&lt;a href=&quot;https:&#x2F;&#x2F;discuss.coding.social&quot;&gt;Forum&lt;&#x2F;a&gt; and dedicated website space.&lt;&#x2F;li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Contact: &lt;a href=&quot;https:&#x2F;&#x2F;mastodon.social&#x2F;@humanetech&quot;&gt;@humanetech&lt;&#x2F;a&gt; (fedi) &#x2F;
&lt;a href=&quot;https:&#x2F;&#x2F;matrix.to&#x2F;#&#x2F;@circlebuilder:matrix.org&quot;&gt;@circlebuilder&lt;&#x2F;a&gt; (matrix)&lt;&#x2F;li&gt;
&lt;&#x2F;ul&gt;
&lt;hr &#x2F;&gt;
&lt;pre style=&quot;background-color:#2b303b;color:#c0c5ce;&quot;&gt;&lt;code&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;lt;&#x2F;details&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;
&lt;&#x2F;span&gt;&lt;&#x2F;code&gt;&lt;&#x2F;pre&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https:&#x2F;&#x2F;forgefriends.org&quot;&gt;Forgefriends&lt;&#x2F;a&gt;: a forge federation project.
Observes the ecosystem to better position itself since its goal is to be
useful to developers. &lt;em&gt;Added by Loïc Dachary, member of the forgefriends
community.&lt;&#x2F;em&gt;&lt;&#x2F;li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https:&#x2F;&#x2F;gna.org&quot;&gt;Gna!&lt;&#x2F;a&gt;: a free forge ecosystem for free developers.
Provides feedback on the implementation of an experimental business
model. &lt;em&gt;Added by Loïc Dachary, member of the Gna! collective.&lt;&#x2F;em&gt;&lt;&#x2F;li&gt;
&lt;&#x2F;ul&gt;
&lt;h3 id=&quot;pushpin-ideas-open-issues&quot;&gt;:pushpin: Ideas &#x2F; open issues&lt;&#x2F;h3&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Crazy thoughts on what an ecosystem alliance can do, and things that
should be addressed.. add them below (give a handle to matrix&#x2F;fedi
account).&lt;&#x2F;p&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;input disabled=&quot;&quot; type=&quot;checkbox&quot;&#x2F;&gt;
Social Coding Movement has the concept of &#x27;being under its
umbrella&#x27;. The Forgers Guild would be an ideal candidate. This
participation comes with its own &lt;a href=&quot;https:&#x2F;&#x2F;pad.public.cat&#x2F;8yNgnlxmSsGYk3TfIau46A?view&quot;&gt;benefit
package&lt;&#x2F;a&gt; (to be
updated, elaborated).&lt;&#x2F;li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;input disabled=&quot;&quot; type=&quot;checkbox&quot;&#x2F;&gt;
Research business models (see &lt;a href=&quot;https:&#x2F;&#x2F;forum.gna.org&#x2F;t&#x2F;hostea-forge-hosting-supported-by-a-collective-of-service-companies&#x2F;175&quot;&gt;the business model for federated
online services example of
Gna!&lt;&#x2F;a&gt;)&lt;&#x2F;li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;input disabled=&quot;&quot; type=&quot;checkbox&quot;&#x2F;&gt;
Match developers with funding (there is more funding available
globally than developers willing to do the work)&lt;&#x2F;li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;input disabled=&quot;&quot; type=&quot;checkbox&quot;&#x2F;&gt;
&lt;em&gt;Idea or open issue&lt;&#x2F;em&gt;&lt;&#x2F;li&gt;
&lt;&#x2F;ul&gt;
&lt;hr &#x2F;&gt;
&lt;h3 id=&quot;kick-off-meeting&quot;&gt;Kick-off Meeting&lt;&#x2F;h3&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Participants (add yourself to the list):&lt;&#x2F;p&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https:&#x2F;&#x2F;mastodon.online&#x2F;@dachary&quot;&gt;Loïc Dachary&lt;&#x2F;a&gt;&lt;&#x2F;li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https:&#x2F;&#x2F;todon.nl&#x2F;@fr33domlover&quot;&gt;fr33domlover&lt;&#x2F;a&gt;&lt;&#x2F;li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https:&#x2F;&#x2F;gts.batsense.net&#x2F;@realaravinth&quot;&gt;Aravinth Manivannan&lt;&#x2F;a&gt;&lt;&#x2F;li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https:&#x2F;&#x2F;social.exozy.me&#x2F;@a&quot;&gt;Anthony Wang&lt;&#x2F;a&gt;&lt;&#x2F;li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https:&#x2F;&#x2F;mastodon.social&#x2F;@humanetech&quot;&gt;Arnold Schrijver&lt;&#x2F;a&gt;&lt;&#x2F;li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https:&#x2F;&#x2F;mastodon.technology&#x2F;@Gusted&quot;&gt;Gusted&lt;&#x2F;a&gt;&lt;&#x2F;li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https:&#x2F;&#x2F;fosstodon.org&#x2F;@Cloud68&#x2F;108883423002859647&quot;&gt;Cloud68&lt;&#x2F;a&gt; (please,
ping us when date is set)&lt;&#x2F;li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Mayel (Bonfire) (UTC+12)&lt;&#x2F;li&gt;
&lt;&#x2F;ul&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Date&lt;&#x2F;strong&gt;: TBD&lt;&#x2F;p&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Jitsi: https:&#x2F;&#x2F;meet.waag.org&#x2F;ForgersEcosystemAllianceKickOff&lt;&#x2F;li&gt;
&lt;&#x2F;ul&gt;
&lt;h4 id=&quot;agenda&quot;&gt;Agenda:&lt;&#x2F;h4&gt;
&lt;p&gt;(draft, preliminary)&lt;&#x2F;p&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Introduction, who&#x27;s who?&lt;&#x2F;li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Rationale for an Ecosystem Alliance: The challenge&lt;&#x2F;li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Forgers Guild: Shared vision, common mission&lt;&#x2F;li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&amp;quot;What do I want?&amp;quot;, objectives for participants, benefits&lt;&#x2F;li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Next steps&lt;&#x2F;li&gt;
&lt;&#x2F;ul&gt;
&lt;hr &#x2F;&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Please see &lt;a href=&quot;https:&#x2F;&#x2F;notes.smallcircles.work&#x2F;s&#x2F;UnEIHW1HV&quot;&gt;here&lt;&#x2F;a&gt; for the original draft&lt;&#x2F;p&gt;
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