makerFLOSS – Working Norms (v0.1)

We aim to experiment, learn together, and have fun. MakerFLOSS is not the same as the Orange Makerspace IT setup — but we help out where we can.

We keep rules to a minimum. Here are the main ones:

• Social
  • We make mistakes — but try to make them in our labs, not in production.
  • If you break something, try to fix it. If you can't, say so and ask for help.
  • We only use proprietary software when there is no viable FLOSS alternative.
  • We foster collaboration by being open and not gatekeeping (everyone can get root access).
  • Try not to do anything that forces us to write a new rule.

• Technical
  • Language: English for code, docs, and commits; UI in Danish+English.
  • Git: Trunk-based development, feature branches, simple commit messages.
  • Environments: Containerised and reproducible.
  • Hardware: All setups documented and labeled physically.
  • Decisions: Sociocratically decided - lightweight markdown decision logs.
  • Licenses: FLOSS (MIT) by default.