Stefano Maffulli
@maffulli.net
Also an architect, GIS enthusiast, sailor.
OSMAnd has a much better designed map than Google Maps: walking directions are much more clearly visible, buildings, squares, roads are more clearly marked, allowing walkers to see at a glance where they need to go. Google Maps is optimized for cars and bikes, the route is a lane.
OSMAnd — Navigate anywhere with detailed offline maps and GPS
⭐ Stars: 5,528
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⏩ Last commit: Feb 5, 2026
⌛ First commit: Jan 15, 2011
⭐ Stars: 5,528
🔗 Forks: 1,125
⏩ Last commit: Feb 5, 2026
⌛ First commit: Jan 15, 2011
OSMAnd: Open Source Alternative to Google Maps, Bing Maps and Apple Maps
Comprehensive offline navigation app with detailed maps, turn-by-turn guidance, and specialized routing for hiking, cycling, and walking worldwide.
openalternative.co
February 6, 2026 at 12:23 PM
OSMAnd has a much better designed map than Google Maps: walking directions are much more clearly visible, buildings, squares, roads are more clearly marked, allowing walkers to see at a glance where they need to go. Google Maps is optimized for cars and bikes, the route is a lane.
Now it’s time for other 501(c)3 charitable organizations to change tack, stop relying only on the sharks to drop the leftovers and start developing pay-to-play schemes. https://www.maffulli.net/2026/02/01/stop-begging-the-case-for-paid-open-source/ #NonProfit
Stop begging: The case for paid Open Source
The Wikimedia Foundation shows that there is a path to charge companies to participate fairly in the open ecosystem. Not just charitable donations out of goodwill: Services that companies can contract and pay for.
www.maffulli.net
February 3, 2026 at 3:46 PM
Now it’s time for other 501(c)3 charitable organizations to change tack, stop relying only on the sharks to drop the leftovers and start developing pay-to-play schemes. https://www.maffulli.net/2026/02/01/stop-begging-the-case-for-paid-open-source/ #NonProfit
It’s not just the organizations with archives that can force companies to pay for services they rely on. https://www.maffulli.net/2026/02/01/stop-begging-the-case-for-paid-open-source/ #NonProfit #OpenSource
Stop begging: The case for paid Open Source
The Wikimedia Foundation shows that there is a path to charge companies to participate fairly in the open ecosystem. Not just charitable donations out of goodwill: Services that companies can contract and pay for.
www.maffulli.net
February 2, 2026 at 8:21 AM
It’s not just the organizations with archives that can force companies to pay for services they rely on. https://www.maffulli.net/2026/02/01/stop-begging-the-case-for-paid-open-source/ #NonProfit #OpenSource
We need to stop begging only for donations and start integrating Open Source costs into the standard language of procurement and service contracts. https://www.maffulli.net/2026/02/01/stop-begging-the-case-for-paid-open-source/ #NonProfit #OpenSource
Stop begging: The case for paid Open Source
The Wikimedia Foundation shows that there is a path to charge companies to participate fairly in the open ecosystem. Not just charitable donations out of goodwill: Services that companies can contract and pay for.
www.maffulli.net
February 2, 2026 at 1:22 AM
We need to stop begging only for donations and start integrating Open Source costs into the standard language of procurement and service contracts. https://www.maffulli.net/2026/02/01/stop-begging-the-case-for-paid-open-source/ #NonProfit #OpenSource
Stop begging: The case for paid Open Source https://www.maffulli.net/2026/02/01/stop-begging-the-case-for-paid-open-source/ #NonProfit #OpenSource
Stop begging: The case for paid Open Source
The Wikimedia Foundation shows that there is a path to charge companies to participate fairly in the open ecosystem. Not just charitable donations out of goodwill: Services that companies can contract and pay for.
www.maffulli.net
February 1, 2026 at 11:21 AM
Stop begging: The case for paid Open Source https://www.maffulli.net/2026/02/01/stop-begging-the-case-for-paid-open-source/ #NonProfit #OpenSource
Reposted by Stefano Maffulli
Pausing the 2026 Board Election cycle to improve how OSI selects Directors and hears the community https://opensource.org/blog/2026-osi-elections-update
2026 OSI Elections Update - Open Source Initiative
Pausing the 2026 Board Election Cycle to Improve How OSI Selects Directors and Hears the Community
opensource.org
January 28, 2026 at 5:00 PM
Pausing the 2026 Board Election cycle to improve how OSI selects Directors and hears the community https://opensource.org/blog/2026-osi-elections-update
Reposted by Stefano Maffulli
Un par de ofertas de trabajo en Fundación Eclipse:
* Software Engineer: eclipsefoundation.applytojob.com/apply/eXFgac...
* Software Developer: eclipsefoundation.applytojob.com/apply/mvaSS7...
Y más en eclipsefoundation.applytojob.com/apply/
* Software Engineer: eclipsefoundation.applytojob.com/apply/eXFgac...
* Software Developer: eclipsefoundation.applytojob.com/apply/mvaSS7...
Y más en eclipsefoundation.applytojob.com/apply/
Software Engineer - Eclipse Foundation, Inc. - Career Page
Apply to Software Engineer at Eclipse Foundation, Inc. in Remote.
eclipsefoundation.applytojob.com
January 28, 2026 at 10:56 AM
Un par de ofertas de trabajo en Fundación Eclipse:
* Software Engineer: eclipsefoundation.applytojob.com/apply/eXFgac...
* Software Developer: eclipsefoundation.applytojob.com/apply/mvaSS7...
Y más en eclipsefoundation.applytojob.com/apply/
* Software Engineer: eclipsefoundation.applytojob.com/apply/eXFgac...
* Software Developer: eclipsefoundation.applytojob.com/apply/mvaSS7...
Y más en eclipsefoundation.applytojob.com/apply/
Reposted by Stefano Maffulli
How do we secure the invisible infrastructure of our digital future? Join tomorrow’s Software Heritage Symposium to discuss keeping the software commons resilient.
https://tinyurl.com/SWH10 #OpenSource
https://tinyurl.com/SWH10 #OpenSource
January 27, 2026 at 1:06 PM
How do we secure the invisible infrastructure of our digital future? Join tomorrow’s Software Heritage Symposium to discuss keeping the software commons resilient.
https://tinyurl.com/SWH10 #OpenSource
https://tinyurl.com/SWH10 #OpenSource
The European tech lags behind its US and Chinese counterparts, and we can’t respond by talking about democracy and “values” instead. https://www.maffulli.net/2026/01/12/distractions/ #business #eurostack
Too many distractions from the mandate to build products Europeans want to buy
Don’t take the bait: Europe needs more products that people want to buy! Build more, worry less about democracy and nazi-bar-level debates.
www.maffulli.net
January 27, 2026 at 6:26 PM
The European tech lags behind its US and Chinese counterparts, and we can’t respond by talking about democracy and “values” instead. https://www.maffulli.net/2026/01/12/distractions/ #business #eurostack
This is pretty neat, indeed. Think blogging without suffering the SEO tax. #Opensource
Went down a bit of a rabbit hole tonight looking at standard.site and atproto and how it all might be useful for something I'm playing around with and... yeah... even though I'm already biased to like atproto... dang, this is cool.
You can just do stuff. And that stuff can... communicate.
You can just do stuff. And that stuff can... communicate.
Standard.site - One schema. Every platform.
Standard.site provides shared lexicons for long-form publishing on AT Protocol. Making content easier to discover, index, and move across the ATmosphere.
standard.site
January 26, 2026 at 8:28 AM
This is pretty neat, indeed. Think blogging without suffering the SEO tax. #Opensource
Building alternatives to the hyperscalers in Europe will take years of serious investments in products that CIOs and CTOs will want to buy. https://www.maffulli.net/2026/01/12/distractions/ #business #eurostack
Too many distractions from the mandate to build products Europeans want to buy
Don’t take the bait: Europe needs more products that people want to buy! Build more, worry less about democracy and nazi-bar-level debates.
www.maffulli.net
January 20, 2026 at 8:10 PM
Building alternatives to the hyperscalers in Europe will take years of serious investments in products that CIOs and CTOs will want to buy. https://www.maffulli.net/2026/01/12/distractions/ #business #eurostack
We need to focus on building European alternatives to the US tech https://www.maffulli.net/2026/01/12/distractions/ #business #eurostack
Too many distractions from the mandate to build products Europeans want to buy
Don’t take the bait: Europe needs more products that people want to buy! Build more, worry less about democracy and nazi-bar-level debates.
www.maffulli.net
January 20, 2026 at 10:32 AM
We need to focus on building European alternatives to the US tech https://www.maffulli.net/2026/01/12/distractions/ #business #eurostack
Reposted by Stefano Maffulli
A new episode of Everything Digital Health just dropped:
NHS Open Source Policies - All Quietly Removed…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQqFNP39sKM
A short video to talk about the recently-discovered loss of NHS England's various Open Source pol...
NHS Open Source Policies - All Quietly Removed…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQqFNP39sKM
A short video to talk about the recently-discovered loss of NHS England's various Open Source pol...
NHS Open Source Policies - All Quietly Removed…
A short video to talk about the recently-discovered loss of NHS England's various Open Source pol...
www.youtube.com
November 25, 2025 at 11:11 PM
A new episode of Everything Digital Health just dropped:
NHS Open Source Policies - All Quietly Removed…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQqFNP39sKM
A short video to talk about the recently-discovered loss of NHS England's various Open Source pol...
NHS Open Source Policies - All Quietly Removed…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQqFNP39sKM
A short video to talk about the recently-discovered loss of NHS England's various Open Source pol...
More excitement from @FOSDEM.org schedule: Turning a cheap commercial vacuum cleaner into a useful Open Source mapping tool #hacker #robotics #AI #OpenSource
fosdem.org/2026/schedul...
fosdem.org/2026/schedul...
FOSDEM 2026 -
Robot Vacuums are a pretty common item in many households around the world. They've also become a fairly standard item for robot hobbyists to hack on and use as cheap, open platforms for experiments…
fosdem.org
January 15, 2026 at 7:23 PM
More excitement from @FOSDEM.org schedule: Turning a cheap commercial vacuum cleaner into a useful Open Source mapping tool #hacker #robotics #AI #OpenSource
fosdem.org/2026/schedul...
fosdem.org/2026/schedul...
More Open Source AI (the real deal): Full code, data, and model family with OSI-approved licenses (MIT and ASLv2).
Code: github.com/moxin-org
Models: huggingface.co/moxin-org
Paper: arxiv.org/abs/2512.222...
#OpenSourceAI #OpenSource #AI
Code: github.com/moxin-org
Models: huggingface.co/moxin-org
Paper: arxiv.org/abs/2512.222...
#OpenSourceAI #OpenSource #AI
Moxin Organization
Open Community for
Discovery and Exploration of AI Tools - Moxin Organization
github.com
January 14, 2026 at 8:35 PM
More Open Source AI (the real deal): Full code, data, and model family with OSI-approved licenses (MIT and ASLv2).
Code: github.com/moxin-org
Models: huggingface.co/moxin-org
Paper: arxiv.org/abs/2512.222...
#OpenSourceAI #OpenSource #AI
Code: github.com/moxin-org
Models: huggingface.co/moxin-org
Paper: arxiv.org/abs/2512.222...
#OpenSourceAI #OpenSource #AI
This is probably the most wonderful @fosdem.org talk of the year: Hacking a Mercedes car seat to use at home. Have you seen anything more exciting?
fosdem.org/2026/schedul...
fosdem.org/2026/schedul...
FOSDEM 2026 - The Ultimate Office Chair: Hacking a BMW Comfort Seat with an ESP32
What happens when you mix German luxury engineering with a bit of DIY spirit? You get the world’s most over-engineered office chair.
fosdem.org
January 14, 2026 at 7:03 PM
This is probably the most wonderful @fosdem.org talk of the year: Hacking a Mercedes car seat to use at home. Have you seen anything more exciting?
fosdem.org/2026/schedul...
fosdem.org/2026/schedul...
Cloudflare CEO’s rant is yet another opportunity to realize how much European products lag behind US and Chinese ones. https://www.maffulli.net/2026/01/12/distractions/ #business #eurostack
Too many distractions from the mandate to build products Europeans want to buy
Don’t take the bait: Europe needs more products that people want to buy! Build more, worry less about democracy and nazi-bar-level debates.
www.maffulli.net
January 13, 2026 at 7:38 AM
Cloudflare CEO’s rant is yet another opportunity to realize how much European products lag behind US and Chinese ones. https://www.maffulli.net/2026/01/12/distractions/ #business #eurostack
I guess all we need to have a European cloud is to give a corporate card to #FOSDEM attendees and let them build the servers that will replace the evil Amazon, Google, Microsoft, Meta, etc. Seriously? https://www.maffulli.net/2026/01/12/distractions/
Too many distractions from the mandate to build products Europeans want to buy
Don’t take the bait: Europe needs more products that people want to buy! Build more, worry less about democracy and nazi-bar-level debates.
www.maffulli.net
January 13, 2026 at 4:39 AM
I guess all we need to have a European cloud is to give a corporate card to #FOSDEM attendees and let them build the servers that will replace the evil Amazon, Google, Microsoft, Meta, etc. Seriously? https://www.maffulli.net/2026/01/12/distractions/
Too many distractions from the mandate to build products Europeans want to buy https://www.maffulli.net/2026/01/12/distractions/ #business #eurostack
Too many distractions from the mandate to build products Europeans want to buy
Don’t take the bait: Europe needs more products that people want to buy! Build more, worry less about democracy and nazi-bar-level debates.
www.maffulli.net
January 12, 2026 at 5:38 PM
Too many distractions from the mandate to build products Europeans want to buy https://www.maffulli.net/2026/01/12/distractions/ #business #eurostack
Reposted by Stefano Maffulli
Could we have avoided this AI? https://www.maffulli.net/2026/01/12/could-we-have-avoided-this-ai/ #ai
Could we have avoided this AI?
Last weekend, a friend asked me over dinner, “Do we really need all of this AI stuff? Could we have avoided it?”
www.maffulli.net
January 12, 2026 at 9:43 AM
Could we have avoided this AI? https://www.maffulli.net/2026/01/12/could-we-have-avoided-this-ai/ #ai
Good: The XPS is back.
BAD: The keyboard is the god-awful XPS13 Plus
Good: The keyboard is black (not that disaster light grey keys+white symbols)
BAD: The XPS13 is not ready yet
#Dell #XPS #laptop
arstechnica.com/gadgets/2026...
BAD: The keyboard is the god-awful XPS13 Plus
Good: The keyboard is black (not that disaster light grey keys+white symbols)
BAD: The XPS13 is not ready yet
#Dell #XPS #laptop
arstechnica.com/gadgets/2026...
Dell’s XPS revival is a welcome reprieve from the “AI PC” fad
Dell moves from pushing "AI PCs" and back to what matters in laptops.
arstechnica.com
January 7, 2026 at 7:02 PM
Good: The XPS is back.
BAD: The keyboard is the god-awful XPS13 Plus
Good: The keyboard is black (not that disaster light grey keys+white symbols)
BAD: The XPS13 is not ready yet
#Dell #XPS #laptop
arstechnica.com/gadgets/2026...
BAD: The keyboard is the god-awful XPS13 Plus
Good: The keyboard is black (not that disaster light grey keys+white symbols)
BAD: The XPS13 is not ready yet
#Dell #XPS #laptop
arstechnica.com/gadgets/2026...
His work implies that without a clear legal framework that respects the “commons,” the Open Source AI movement risks being stifled by proprietary black boxes or bogged down by infinite litigation. https://www.maffulli.net/2025/12/16/book-review-the-artificial-author/
Book review: The Artificial Author: Creativity and intellectual property in the AI era
The Artificial Author is a wide and deep analysis of the role of copyright in Europe and the US for generative AI, from training to the generated output. Aliprandi avoids declaring copyright dead; instead, he argues for its necessary evolution.
www.maffulli.net
December 31, 2025 at 5:34 PM
His work implies that without a clear legal framework that respects the “commons,” the Open Source AI movement risks being stifled by proprietary black boxes or bogged down by infinite litigation. https://www.maffulli.net/2025/12/16/book-review-the-artificial-author/
The "Artificial Author" is a misnomer and that’s the point. The book challenges the anthropomorphic language. If an AI "hallucinates", who owns the dream? The prompter, the coder, or the public domain? https://www.maffulli.net/2025/12/16/book-review-the-artificial-author/
Book review: The Artificial Author: Creativity and intellectual property in the AI era
The Artificial Author is a wide and deep analysis of the role of copyright in Europe and the US for generative AI, from training to the generated output. Aliprandi avoids declaring copyright dead; instead, he argues for its necessary evolution.
www.maffulli.net
December 27, 2025 at 12:11 PM
The "Artificial Author" is a misnomer and that’s the point. The book challenges the anthropomorphic language. If an AI "hallucinates", who owns the dream? The prompter, the coder, or the public domain? https://www.maffulli.net/2025/12/16/book-review-the-artificial-author/
Reposted by Stefano Maffulli
“Siri doesn’t understand my accent.”
It’s not you, it’s the data.
@mozdatacollective.bsky.social is working with communities around the world to build more representative datasets that actually reflect how people speak, text, and live.
https://bit.ly/48Occh4
It’s not you, it’s the data.
@mozdatacollective.bsky.social is working with communities around the world to build more representative datasets that actually reflect how people speak, text, and live.
https://bit.ly/48Occh4
Join | Mozilla Data Collective
Mozilla Data Collective is rebuilding the AI data ecosystem with communities at the centre.
datacollective.mozillafoundation.org
December 23, 2025 at 2:37 PM
“Siri doesn’t understand my accent.”
It’s not you, it’s the data.
@mozdatacollective.bsky.social is working with communities around the world to build more representative datasets that actually reflect how people speak, text, and live.
https://bit.ly/48Occh4
It’s not you, it’s the data.
@mozdatacollective.bsky.social is working with communities around the world to build more representative datasets that actually reflect how people speak, text, and live.
https://bit.ly/48Occh4