Most of the money you see in and around Free / Open Source Software, Hardware and other projects is in the hands of large companies, groups and self styled organisations, with little or none reaching the actually contributors/maintainer/developers of your favourite projects who actually do the day to day work.
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This week is further work on Astronomy packages for Enterprise Linux (EL). Filing requests for builds into Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux (EPEL), building updated packages for both EL 9 and 10 and some contribution to Fedora Linux in and among.
With my blocking from the Debian Community and its infrastructure, I have setup a Mantis bug tracker instance at Kathenas Tracker to track the upstream and GNU Linux Distribution projects I have an interest in.
You may wish to help, so feel free to create an account and let's do our little bit for these projects.
As I found out recently, the 2010 Equality Act. here in the U.K. does not protect volunteers. This information provided to me by the Equality Advisory Support Service is very shocking. This lack of protection allows Companies, Charities and Not For Profit Organisations to mistreat and discriminate groups or individuals at will as I have found out myself.
I may circle round back to this after I have done further research and update on further actions taken or to be taken.
Update: 2025-08-25
I would ask those in the U.K. to consider signing the below linked petition and hopefully stir the U.K. government into looking at the rights of volunteers and others in extracurricular activities e.g. contributing to Debian.
I believe that this type of safeguarding I would hope expands to cover groups such as Debian, Ubuntu, Fedora and other organised volunteer (in whole or part) projects.
Since deciding to stop Debian contribution in the area of Debian Mentors, I have not been idle. I have been doing commits for packages I maintain and also contribute to i.e. upstream projects and other activities that include Ubuntu bug squashing etc.
With my disabilities, it is important to face challenges be they during my daily activities or within the Free/Open Source Software community. These challenges are hard, fun and make me feel useful.
This week resigning myself to needing help in daily life and wider, getting out and about. I have this week acquired a Karma E40 Robooter electric wheelchair. This will allow me to go out now and hopefully help in general living.
