So re-arranging my thoughts, sketching…
“Forge friends”
(the concept, philosophically)
- Who: “We The People” and “The Commons”
- What: Strengthen our bonds (People) and Evolve our work (Commons)
- Why: Humanity and Freedom
- How: Supportive and open technology and tools
Forgefriends
(the initiative)
- Who: Open community
- What: Foster collaboration (People) and Free software development (Commons)
- Why: Mitigate “Tragedy of the Commons” (?)
- How: Free software development lifecycle support & automation
- Organization: Top-level initiative and sub-projects (forgeproxy, specs, …)
- Strategy: Forge relationships, unite friends, collaborate
Social coding
(the movement)
- Who: “We The People” and “The Commons”
- What: “The experience of strengthening social bonds between People in order to evolve the Commons”
- Why: Need to “Bridge our divides, unite” (People) “Shape better world, brighter future” (Commons)
- How: Social fabric of the Fediverse (People) and federated task-oriented apps (Commons)
- Organization: Community-based movement, social coding projects, affiliations
- Strategy: methodology (social coding), supportive tools (coding social), ‘wield’ the Fediverse
…and that may need to be further improved.
In reply to you @dachary the “our” refers to We The People, so indeed not part of Forgefriends. Both Forgefriends and Social Coding focus on the free software development lifecycle, and the latter possibly more broadly so, in scope. And different in nature on what is focused on and how people participate in general.