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by wolftune 1914 days ago
No easy answers. We're trying to address that at Snowdrift.coop but are ourselves struggling volunteers not getting fully launched still (but not giving up, still at it).

Most efforts do seem focused on corporate open-source. The under-funding of that stuff is indeed an issue. But it doesn't result in real public goods that treat the public well if it's all upstream stuff that only serves to make proprietary downstream end-user products.

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Thank you for the work you've put into Snowdrift -- I'm still very excited for the project. Getting fairly close to my first charge now, actually :).
Hey wolftune, is there an open place for road maps and road blocks for Snowdrift? The idea seems to hit on a problem I describe just above you.
Not sure what you mean by "open place", we (too messily right now) are tracking stuff at https://gitlab.com/groups/snowdrift/-/issues and there's a needs-updating semi-outdated page https://wiki.snowdrift.coop/planning

We could certainly use help from anyone who would like to do some project management. In general, we have https://wiki.snowdrift.coop/community/how-to-help

We have weekly audio meetings and have Matrix and IRC discussions, and people are welcome to pop in.

Not sure if these are the things you were asking about