Hatlas News

Hatlas licensing, pt1

fedora@mwinters.net (Michael Winters) — Tue, 11 Nov 2025 03:00:00 -0500

I’ve gotten some great feedback from Fedora contributors on this POC so far, for which I’m extremely grateful.

Many of the concerns raised thus far are about user privacy and data licensing. I’m anticipating that since this data has historically been available only to those willing to run large databases at home, most Fedorans are unaware of what data is being collected and published about their activities. I’ve been holding off on “big bang” pubilc accouncements while I try to get answers lined up for people when they start asking why I am publishing this data, because I am not publishing this data – I’m republishing this data.

Welcome to the Hatlas!

fedora@mwinters.net (Michael Winters) — Sun, 09 Nov 2025 03:00:00 -0500

Wow, it has been a journey! And I’m so excited to finally launch this thing where others can play with it!

If you’re landing on this page as your entrypoint to Hatlas, please see the FAQ and Contributing, and feel free to reach out to me in Matrix or email.

Exhaustion and just a little bit of burnout has set in from pushing myself to get this out, but I’m very excited to see what the community can do when it is empowered by data. I’ve been an Open Data advocate for a long time, and I believe that the insights we can gather from this work will be critical to the long-term success of the Fedora project as a community-driven distro.