From 0d3fd7f3a31b512ad125c83c9c6d1ff3423f263d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Elena ``of Valhalla'' Grandi Date: Thu, 17 Jul 2025 18:24:05 +0200 Subject: slides for a FreeSoftWear lightning talk --- freesoftwear/transcriptish.rst | 24 ++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 24 insertions(+) create mode 100644 freesoftwear/transcriptish.rst (limited to 'freesoftwear/transcriptish.rst') diff --git a/freesoftwear/transcriptish.rst b/freesoftwear/transcriptish.rst new file mode 100644 index 0000000..4c078ca --- /dev/null +++ b/freesoftwear/transcriptish.rst @@ -0,0 +1,24 @@ +I think that most people in this room care about running Freely licensed +software on their computers. + +Some probably would also like, when possible, to use Freely licensed +hardware, or to enjoy Freely licensed art. + +And then there are very few people who decided that they'd prefer to +wear DFSG-Free clothing. + +If you make your own, it's not that different from software: you get a +pattern, the source code, and compilation instructions. The compilation +procss is a bit manual, but there are a lot of people who enjoy that. + +It doesn't have to be sewing, it can be knitting, crochet, any craft +that can be used to build something that you wear and has patterns or +other kinds of source code. I'd say that a certain tartan also +qualifies. + +If you're interested in the idea, these are the places I know of that do +FreeSoftWear: two are personal websites, included mine, freesewing is a +community and an online platform to design patterns. + +And debian has some useful software, including valentina, for sewing +patterns, and kxstitch for cross-stitch and other counted thread embroidery. -- cgit v1.2.3