Hackers' Pub

Syntax	Description	Examples
`"` keyword `"`	Finds the string within quotes, including spaces. Case-insensitive. (Escape quotes inside with `\"`)	`"Hackers' Pub"`
`from:` handle	Finds content written by the specified user.	`from:hongminhee` `from:hongminhee@hollo.social`
`lang:` ISO 639-1	Finds content written in the specified language.	`lang:en`
`#` tag	Finds content with the specified tag. Case-insensitive.	`#HackersPub`
condition condition	Finds content that satisfies both conditions on either side of the space (logical AND).	`"Hackers' Pub" lang:en`
condition `OR` condition	Finds content that satisfies at least one of the conditions on either side of the OR operator (logical OR).	`#HackersPub OR "Hackers' Pub" lang:en`
`(` condition `)`	Combines the operators within the parentheses first.	`(#HackersPub OR "Hackers' Pub" OR "Hackers Pub") lang:en`

Craig Lambie @craiglambie42@fosstodon.org

1/21/2026, 12:02:16 PM

Public

@linuxandyarnRachel Rawlings @mhoye @jenniferplusplus I like the FAE license idea.
I have started playing with an idea to reward contributors and creators by a self tracking server, I call it @fedipayFediPay - Reward your way fedipay.net
Love to know your thoughts

mhoye @mhoye@mastodon.social

1/21/2026, 1:21:09 PM

Public

@craiglambie42Craig Lambie @linuxandyarnRachel Rawlings @fedipayFediPay - Reward your way

I think that @jenniferplusplus’s argument is convincing; that licensing as a model has largely run its course, and the results are in. Another licence - particularly licensing as a way of abdicating responsibility for decisions or consequences - won’t save us.

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