Category: Open source

  • FOSS for the third sector

    FOSS for the third sector

    Afallen Partner David Clubb was asked to give his thoughts about how Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) could help the third sector. This article was first published by Newid. Header photo: courtesy of Marcus Winkler. What is open source software?   Free and open source software (FOSS) is a category of software that follows the…

  • Leaving Twitter

    Leaving Twitter

    Afallen was set up in 2018 to keep money and skills in Wales, and to help organisations understand, and implement, Future Generations ways of working. We’re a small business, and in common with most other organisations in Wales, we adopted a range of social media platforms to help communicate with our audience. Twitter (X) was…

  • Supporting Mastodon in Wales

    Supporting Mastodon in Wales

    One of Afallen’s values is championing the use of Creative Commons and open source solutions. This is because we believe – and the evidence supports our view – that a cooperative and co-production approach provides bigger overall benefits to society than a purely commercial economy. Our first White Paper outlined the potential for Wales that…