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We're not talking dentistry here; FLOSS is all about Free Libre Open Source Software. Join host Doc Searls and his rotating panel of co-hosts as they talk with the most interesting and important people in the Open Source and Free Software community.

Although the show is no longer in production at TWiT, you can enjoy episodes from our archives.

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FLOSS Weekly continues with Jonathan Bennett at its new home at Hackaday.
 

Host: Jonathan Bennett
 

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FLOSS Weekly: FLOSS Weekly Continues at Hackaday - Hackaday is the new home of FLOSS Weekly

Cooper Quintin of the EFF treats Doc Searls and Katherine Druckman to plenty of wisdom about the extremes of constant personal privacy exposure online, and how some of the worst threats can come from people you know.

 
 • The stalkerware industry that allows people to spy on victims easily.
 
 • How can we truly decentralize social media?
 
 • The expanding data broker industry.
 
 • Effective mitigation like encryption tools and pushing for privacy laws.
 

Hosts: Doc Searls and Katherine Druckman
 

Guest: Cooper Quintin
 

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FLOSS Weekly 752: Stalkers Beware - Cooper Quintin on Personal Privacy and TOR University Challenge

Writing a tech book is easy if you start with the proper guidance. Doc Searls and Jonathan Bennett get that guidance and much more from Kyle Rankin, author of How to Write a Tech Book.

 
 • The benefits of using LaTeX for formatting and layout when self-publishing.
 
 • How to pitch a book idea to traditional tech publishers like O'Reilly.
 
 • Advice on when you're ready to write your first tech book based on your skills.
 
 • How to make the transition from writing short-form articles to full book projects.
 
 • Differences between self-publishing and working with traditional publishers.
 
 • The editing process and importance of tech editing to perfect a textbook manuscript.
 
 • How the rise of the internet and digital documents impacts tech book publishing.
 

Hosts: Doc Searls and Jonathan Bennett
 

Guest: Kyle Rankin
 

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FLOSS Weekly 749: That's In Chapter Three - Kyle Rankin, How To Write a Tech Book

What lawsuits become frivolous in a digital age that just entered its AI epoch? Attorney Damien Riehl knows and is making it all happen with a raft of projects he talks about with Doc Searls and Katherine Druckman on FLOSS Weekly.
 

Hosts: Doc Searls and Katherine Druckman
 

Guest: Damien Riehl
 

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FLOSS Weekly 744: A Chill Pirate Lawyer - Damien Riehl, Open Source and Legal Rights

Doc Searls and Simon Phipps talk with Nathan Freitas, founder of the Guardian Project about ProofMode. A way to turn photos, videos, and other digital artifacts into secure signed digital evidence. Plus, the many other things the Project is up to.

 
 • Proof Mode for Data Verification
 
 • Future of Open Source and AI
 
 • Balancing Privacy and Functionality in Journalism
 
 • Guardian Project Funding and Future Plans
 
 • Discussion on Surveillance, Trust, and Optimism

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Host: Doc Searls
 

Guests: Simon Phipps and Nathan Freitas
 

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FLOSS Weekly 748: Show Me The ProofMode - Nathan Freitas, ProofMode

Doc Searls and Jonathan Bennett talk with Claude Warren, Jr. about open source culture going back to coffee shops in the 1600s, how open source manners matter, and much more on this episode of FLOSS Weekly.

 
 • The concept of open source projects as "insurance" against risk and companies that fund them for risk reduction.
 
 • InnerSource as an open source practice to develop and establish an open source-like culture within organizations.
 
 • Business source licenses changing mid-project and the fallout following such a chance.
 
 • Alternative models like Tidelift for funding open source.
 
 • The challenges of determining a single best model vs. many potential solutions.
 
 • HashiCorp's shift to a business source license and forking.
 
 • The impact of cultural differences on software teams and misunderstandings that can follow.
 
 • Setting expectations for asking "improper" questions to learn. 
 
 • Social media outrage culture vs. traditional "voting with your feet." 
 
 • How to sustain projects as they evolve from early stages projects.
 
 • Why succession planning is needed to continue the progress when project leaders leave.
 
 • The ethics of Protestware and embedding political messages.
 
 • Drawing lines around appropriate levels of protest or advocacy in code.
 

Hosts: Doc Searls and Jonathan Bennett
 

Guest: Claude Warren, Jr.
 

Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/floss-weekly
 

Think your open source project should be on FLOSS Weekly? Email floss@twit.tv.
 

Thanks to Lullabot's Jeff Robbins, web designer and musician, for our theme music.
 

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FLOSS Weekly 746: Don't Hesitate, Enculturate! - Claude Warren Jr, Open Source Culture

On FLOSS Weekly, Dave Taht takes a break and pauses while saving the world from bufferbloat to treat Doc Searls and Dan Lynch to delightful discourses on music and low-latency conferencing and online jams.
 

Hosts: Doc Searls and Dan Lynch
 

Guest: Dave Taht
 

Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/floss-weekly
 

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FLOSS Weekly 745: The Buffer Bloke - Dave Taht, Music Collab, Private AI

William Kwok speaks with Doc Searls and Shawn Powers about Apache SeaTunnel, an exciting and extremely useful open-source way to synchronize multiple databases.
 

Hosts: Doc Searls and Shawn Powers
 

Guest: William Kwok
 

Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/floss-weekly
 

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FLOSS Weekly 743: Data Is Surprisingly Exciting - Apache SeaTunnel, William Kwok

Listen closely for The Phipps Certification, and you'll also get news about 3D printing, AlmaLinux, a big EFF win, spyware in new cars and other hot topics on a table surrounded by Simon Phipps, Jonathan Bennett, Shawn Powers, and Doc Searls.

 
 • Carl Malamud's fight to make the law open to citizens through his non-profit Public Resource. 
 
 • How 3D printing is transforming open hardware through the sharing of designs 
 
 • Mozilla's report on modern vehicles collecting and sharing personal data. 
 
 • Using Pi-hole to block intrusive ad tracking and surveillance on home networks. 
 

Hosts: Doc Searls, Simon Phipps, Jonathan Bennett, and Shawn Powers
 

Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/floss-weekly
 

Think your open source project should be on FLOSS Weekly? Email floss@twit.tv.
 

Thanks to Lullabot's Jeff Robbins, web designer and musician, for our theme music.
 

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FLOSS Weekly 751: The Phipps Certification - EFF, AlmaLinux, Vehicle Software and Privacy

Doc Searls and Katherine Druckman talk with Michael "Hoff" Hoffman, Co-founder and CEO of IQXR, about open source in AI, immersive technologies, and much more - and what needs to happen before it all gets normal.

 
 • What are the differences between virtual, augmented, and mixed reality?
 
 • The challenges holding back widespread virtual / augmented reality, such as the lack of standards.
 
 • Privacy concerns around augmented & virtual reality glasses / headsets that record users.
 
 • AI's role in spatial computing.
 
 • Hoffman's mission to drive the adoption of open standards and interoperability. 
 

Hosts: Doc Searls and Katherine Druckman
 

Guest: Michael "Hoff" Hoffman
 

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FLOSS Weekly 750: AI: Just Make It Normal - IQXR, AI and Open Source

Doc Searls, Katherine Druckman and Jonathan Bennett kick off the new year with a round table discussion regarding the world of open source. The hosts are joined by a special guest for this discussion, Leo Laporte. It's a great discussion regarding open source security, centralized versus decentralized products on the web, and much more. 
 

Hosts: Doc Searls, Jonathan Bennett, Katherine Druckman, and Leo Laporte
 

Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/floss-weekly
 

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FLOSS Weekly 713: "Let's Put Thoughts on the Blockchain" - LastPass Databreach, Linux Desktop 2023, Blockchain

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