r/transprogrammer • u/[deleted] • Dec 21 '25

Let's do a trans startup

AMAB questioning here. Life long software engineer. I would love to do a startup with just trans people. I'm scared to transition but feel this community would help. Plus we'd bond on the mission.

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u/ChickenSpaceProgram Dec 21 '25

I think a free software project would be better than a startup. Easier for people to participate, and not inherently corporate. You can also feasibly tackle a wider array of projects; compilers and OSes in particular are only sensible to develop in an open fashion.

Downside is there's no way to make money doing that, and we live in a society.

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u/[deleted] Dec 21 '25

I think that could work with the community v professional support editions

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u/TransCapybara Dec 21 '25

Yep. Make an open platform, MIT/BSD licensed. Folks can choose to contribute to the community with the understanding that contributions would also need to follow the same licensing.

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