people/communication.md: add a chapter on communication

SUMMARY.md

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   * [Contributors are mostly male white westerners](people/male-white.md)
   * [Lower the bar to attract more contributions](people/lower-bar.md)
   * [Code of Conduct](people/code-of-conduct.md)
+  * [Communication](people/communication.md)
 * [Project](project.md)
   * [Just a bunch of people](project/bunch.md)
   * [People come and go](project/come-and-go.md)

people.md

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  * [Contributors are mostly male white westerners](people/male-white.md)
  * [Lower the bar to attract more contributions](people/lower-bar.md)
  * [Code of Conduct](people/code-of-conduct.md)
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+ * [Communication](people/communication.md)

people/communication.md

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+# Communication
+
+Successful Open Source requires good and plentiful communication without
+friction.
+
+We always prioritize and favour using open solutions and Open Source platforms
+and technologies rather than closed ones - even if the proprietary ones often
+look shiny and have fancy fatures. Because it is better to practise what we
+preach and because it is then less likely that a commercial vendor suddenly at
+a whim makes decisions that hurt your Open Source project.
+
+In the before-2000 era using email and mailing lists were the natural choice.
+For later generations they are not at all as commonly preferred which actually
+is a challenge because going over to web based solution forces you to a higher
+degree have to select a *platform* to use for communication.
+
+Whatever technology and platform you use, pick one with low barriers to entry
+that makes it easy for newcomers and oldies alike. Closed or open, chances are
+that you will use a service that is hosted by others so no matter which you
+run with, you will always risk that the service gets shut down abruptly one
+day and you get to move on to something else. Just embrace it and accept that
+nothing is forever. If data is important to you, make sure you export and/or
+back it up regularly so that it survives the death of your current platform of
+choice.