> For the complete documentation index, see [llms.txt](https://book.awalkaday.art/llms.txt). Markdown versions of documentation pages are available by appending `.md` to page URLs; this page is available as [Markdown](https://book.awalkaday.art/artists-proofs-and-ethos/open-source-software.md).

# Open Source Software

An open source ethos which embodies principles such as transparency, collaboration, and community-driven development was embraced with open arms.

{% embed url="<https://arweave.net/cygGvgGjhJ90lTr9DU38tJVP4LM3IuSyICrzCtvjtus>" %}
**awalkaday 79-2022**
{% endembed %}

To gain exposure to software-powered innovation, `daqhris` was an active contributor to the [Free and Open Source Software Developer Conference](https://fosdem.org/) in Brussels every year since 2020. The annual conference enabled him to stay connected with the European software developer community, despite being legally barred from university enrollment and professional employment.

{% embed url="<https://fosdem.org/>" %}

<figure><img src="https://cfj7jngyewbwzyx6sog6d7ybicbglpr3idftmqeapmrkrdfufyca.arweave.net/EVP0tNglg2zi_pON4f8BQIJlvjtAyzZAgHsiqIy0LgQ" alt="awalkaday 12-2018"><figcaption><p><strong>awalkaday 12-2018</strong></p></figcaption></figure>

As a volunteer, one of his most memorable acts was standing onstage, in front of a packed amphitheater in February 2023 while homeless in Brussels, to introduce a scientific talk on ['Open Source Software at NASA'](https://archive.fosdem.org/2023/schedule/event/nasa/), presented by an [American astronomer](https://crawfordsm.github.io/about/), when celebrating [25 years of open-source](https://archive.fosdem.org/2023/schedule/track/keynotes/) next to volunteering and attending peers.

{% embed url="<https://archive.fosdem.org/2023/schedule/event/nasa/>" %}

In the second half of 2024, `daqhris` began to ingeniously craft an online artist's book, `book.awalkaday.art`, which spotlights various aspects of his `git`-dependent artistic practice, and meets the public eye from a technical documentation platform, [GitBook](https://www.gitbook.com/).

{% embed url="<https://arweave.net/EGWfqt41-x4swizPynVwltLBmd-68PCM8q6CX3EmwG4>" %}
**awalkaday 91-2022**
{% endembed %}

<p align="center"></p>

<p align="center"><strong><code>20</code></strong></p>