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A core part of self-organising the Co-op Cloud project is finding ways to co-operate with other libre software communities. That is often a wonderful heart warming experience but also sometimes things do not go as smoothly as hoped! We've been thinking about ways of navigating this online social work and we wanted to share some thoughts.
The idea of a Co-op Cloud recipe is a config for a libre software app which uses open licenses and can be reused, shared and extended. As our recipe catalogue grows, so does the number of online communities we work with. We typically hang out in a project chat room and exchange tips & tricks, report any problems we run into and ask for new features to be implemented.
We're not interested in one-sided relationships with these projects. Co-op Cloud is about making it work for everyone involved in the software project - users, developers and hosters. We know we need to get rooted in these communities and build up trust. This is slow and careful work.
From our perspective as recipe maintainers and hosters of softwares, we need to informally "evaluate" these communities based on our needs. Do they have a public chat room available? Do they seem like friendly people? Is there interest in the Co-op Cloud? And so on. This Q & A style format helps us build confidence that this app is worth investing time into. After all, it takes time to package it, maintain it and offer it as a part of the Co-op Cloud project.