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Basel 2025 Wrap-Up - AltCtrl.org For the love of WordPress The focus of the evening was free speech and governance in Open Source and specifically in the WordPress project: issues were raised and discussed and projects tackling curre...

Hello Friends,
Thank you everyone, for everything.
Here is the wrap up.
altctrl.org/basel-2025-w...

We will see you when we see you.
If you need us let us know!
altctrl.org/call-for-org...

The Alt Ctrl Org team

We get to call bad things bad.

If for no other reason than an entire industry is gaslighting us into believing that bad things are good, actually.

The insane amount of money and energy they’re spending to convince us that bad things are good.

So, yeah. Point at it. Call it out.

It’s bad.

Open Source: Deceptive Power or Collective Governance? | Open Source Pledge Collective governance prevents abuses of power — but it needs distributed funding in order to survive.

Here's my talk on why collective governance can prevent abusive power, and why distributed funding is necessary for collective governance. Thanks to @altctrl.org for inviting me, and to @fairpm.bsky.social for putting these ideas into practice. ❤️

We are starting Alt Ctrl Org right now and… we have a live stream! 🤞
youtube.com/live/IOsOAsb...

Se Reed, Joost de Valk, Sarah Savage and Francesca Marano on the Future of WordPress discussion

Zoe Kooyman, Vlad-stefan Harbuz, Olivier Dobberkau and Javier Casares on the Free and Open software discussion.

The host for the evening Takis Bouyouris.

We’re excited to announce that @sarahsavage.bsky.social is joining the Future of WordPress panel, @javiercasares.com will moderate our Open Source discussion, and the evening will be hosted by none other than @takisbouyouris.bsky.social . It’s shaping up to be a great night, see you on Friday!

My @altctrl.org talk about collective governance in software is happening next week! I'll post a recording in case you can't make it to lovely Basel. ☺️

altctrl.org/schedule/

Ticket registration is open for the most unofficial side event of #WCEU2025 😊 📣

Don't know how Rae does it, writing clear articles in these confusing times. Closing this one with "reclaiming space for open, honest discussion" which sums it up quite perfectly. 👌🙏

Another uncalled-for blog post about the ethics of using AI I read a couple of posts about AI recently, which seemed to hold opposing ideas, but I agreed with them both to some extent. I’m conflicted, but what I do know is that I find LLMs useful on occasion, ...

✏️ Another uncalled-for blog post about the ethics of using AI.

Hype, copyright, eugenics, usefulness.

clagnut.com/blog/2440

This, thank you. I try to avoid LLMs, seemingly in Don Quixote mode. Ethics matter. Always welcoming write-ups like this post and all references in it as friendly ammunition. Let the uncalled-for blog posts roll 👏.

values as the soil where ideas are shaped, and tested against

We stay the same because of our core values? Like, when someone really open and welcoming becomes frightened and angry at the world, people say he/she has changed (and not if their hair has renewed or they get new nail polish)?

Btw, if you have any other suggestions for the speaker panels or want to help out as a on-site volunteer or assist the organising team in any way you want: do reach out to @altctrl.org (fine folks over there 👌☺️)

Schedule - AltCtrl.org Note: The schedule will be certainly subject to change, we’ll announce confirmed speakers via our newsletter. Welcome and introduction 18:00 Free Software and Why the Terms Matter. Zoë Kooyman, Execut...

#altctrlorg is an unofficial #wceu2025 side event, focusing on the issues at hand in #WordPress land; it convinced me to go to Basel after being in doubt for a long time; check the altctrl.org/schedule/ and have yourself convinced too ☺️
We need to talk!

I heard @vlad.website speak in the Funding Devroom @fosdem.bsky.social, I'm so delighted to see he'll be sharing his thoughts at @altctrl.org too!

#WordPress has apparently been in its own small world for far too long. Let's hear about governance & funding from outside our bubble. #OpenUpWP #FOSSFTW

Get ready for Alt Ctrl Org! 🚀 An amazing lineup of speakers from the WordPress and open-source community… 🧵

YouTube video by Vlad-Stefan Harbuz Why and How Companies Should Pay Open Source Maintainers — FOSDEM 2025 — Vlad-Stefan Harbuz

This is why and how companies should pay Open Source maintainers, and why the @opensourcepledge.com and thanks.dev are so important. Featuring fantastic feedback from FOSDEM friends.

Alt Ctrl Org, an unofficial #WCEU side event, is so happening: a team, fine first speakers & sponsors, and a fantastic venue 🤩.

— Want to join @altctrlorg as a co-organiser, volunteer, speaker, panel member or sponsor? Check out altctrl.org & send us a dm or email! 📨

The WP Community Collective Announces Formal Nonprofit Incorporation - The WP Community Collective The WP Community Collective has formally incorporated as a membership nonprofit in order to support open source contribution and development.

The WP Community Collective is back! 💪
"supports and funds individual contribution and community-based initiatives for the open-source WordPress project."

And the best news: you too can join (via open collective) 😊
www.thewpcommunitycollective.com/2024/12/17/t...

It's time to work together and end this #wpdrama.

This: "This letter is not about picking a side in the case before the courts, rather it is about surfacing the issues—as we see them—to drive the project forward to a better future."

"The future of WordPress is not set in stone. It’s something we create together. Let’s make sure it’s a future that stays true to the principles that have always made WordPress extraordinary."
kraut.press/2024/wordpre...

Let the blog posts roll! 😊

WordPress, and what should be on its roadmap I was reading Hendrik Luehrsen’s excellent post “WordPress isn’t WordPress anymore“, and I decided I had to write more about this. I recently spoke at WordCamp NL about “The missing features of WordPr...

I do love the current WordPress drama helps us rediscover blog posts and discussions. 😊💜

"Good discussions about where WordPress should be headed have been lacking from the community for a while."
joost.blog/wordpress-ro...

A Plea for Unity: Safeguarding the Future of WordPress This is an open letter to appeal to divert all energy being wasted in fights towards co-creating a fully independent, transparent, and strong WordPress Foundation v2.Let’s invest in an independent gua...

Supporting @wpmustwin.bsky.social, an appeal for transparent and distributed governance. 💜

Five for the Future, step one: the WordPress Foundation v2. A true foundation for the whole WordPress ecosystem to thrive.

Consider reading and co-signing on wpmustwin.org