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We're hosting @tante for a talk online!

https://events.floxford.org/event/uncaring-software-tante
Thurs 12 Nov
18:00-19:00 UK time
Online (https://meet.floxford.org)
Free and Open to All

"NO WARRANTY", FLOSS licences say.

Has this (originally merely a legal precaution) cast a way longer shadow than we thought? What is FLOSS, if not a work of care?

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A poster:

Uncaring Software - tante, tante.cc

Thursday 12 Nov 2026,
18:00 - 19:00 UK time

Online
https://meet.floxford.org

Free and Open to All
No Registration Required

What unites all free, libre, and open-source software licences? Their negation of care and responsibility.
"NO WARRANTY", THEY SAY IN CAPITAL LETTERS.
But what if this (originally merely a legal precaution) has cast a way longer shadow than we thought? What is FLOSS software, if not a work of care? Maybe "FLOSS" isn't what we thought it was?

Our code of conduct applies: floxford.org/coc. See floxford.org/acknowledgements for transparency details. Hands modified from "Abramowski-braterstwo-solidarnosc-wspoldzialanie-okladka.png", CC-BY-SA-3.0-PL © Magda Warszawa via Wikimedia Commons. Uncopyrightable text in background from MIT, GPL-3.0, MPL-2.0, new and old BSD licences.

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