Re: Fwd: Software Freedom Day



I think we adhere to the Franklin Street statement.  Adding Sandy
Armstrong, one of Snowy's lead developers to the CC. Comments below:


On Mon, 2010-09-13 at 14:48 -0600, Stormy Peters wrote:
Here's the Franklin Street
statement: http://autonomo.us/2008/07/franklin-street-statement/



Developers of network service software are encouraged to:

      * Use the GNU Affero GPL, a license designed specifically for
        network service software, to ensure that users of services
        have the ability to examine the source or implement their own
        service.

Check, we're using the AGPL.

      * Develop freely-licensed alternatives to existing popular but
        non-Free network services.

I don't think Tomboy Online is being developed as an alternative to
other services but possible.  Maybe Evernote?  I really haven't used
competitive products.

      * Develop software that can replace centralized services and
        data storage with distributed software and data deployment,
        giving control back to users.

Check.  Users can install their own Snowy instance if they don't want to
use Tomboy Online, which is GNOME's centralized service.

Service providers are encouraged to:
      * Choose Free Software for their service.

Check.

      * Release customizations to their software under a Free Software
        license.

Check.  We haven't set up a specific repository for Tomboy Online as
we're using the Snowy repo on GNOME's git servers, but if we were to do
that, we'd continue to use GNOME.

      * Make data and works of authorship available to their service’s
        users under legal terms and in formats that enable the users
        to move and use their data outside of the service. This means:
              * Users should control their private data.
              * Data available to all users of the service should be
                available under terms approved for Free Cultural
                Works or Open Knowledge.


Yes and No.  The user controls their private data - they are his or her
notes.  The user can set if they're public or not.  However, the second
bullet - just because a note is public doesn't mean that it's
automatically under a CC license, for example.  Maybe we can add a
feature to add a copyright / copyleft assignment to notes similar to
Flickr.  I don't know - not sure if I'm reading this right or if it's
applicable.

Paul


I think Tomboy follows its principles pretty closely. Paul, can you
comment? 


Stormy

On Mon, Sep 13, 2010 at 2:40 PM, Paul Cutler <pcutler gnome org>
wrote:
        Hi Zonker,
        
        For the Tomboy Online alpha:
        
        1. Alpha signups are starting today.  The form to sign up is
        at
        https://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?formkey=dFZleG05V196b3g4VUFSTHhzcTRFMmc6MQ
        
        2. The alpha is invite only and we will be reviewing the list
        over the
        next week or so.  Tomboy Online will be available for alpha
        users
        sometime in the next week or two, we have a bug to fix first.
        
        3. This is alpha quality software and we are not making any
        guarantees
        about data integrity nor do we have a privacy policy in place
        yet.  More
        in the FAQ here: http://live.gnome.org/Snowy/FAQ
        
        4. We don't know how long the alpha will last yet prior to
        launching the
        beta.  Our goal is to launch the beta in 6 months with GNOME
        3.0.
        
        5. Tomboy Online is GNOME's first AGPL web service, and as you
        point
        out, a great tie-in for SFD.
        
        Let me know if you need any more information.
        
        Paul
        
        
        
        > From: Joe 'Zonker' Brockmeier <jzb zonker net>
        > Date: Mon, Sep 13, 2010 at 1:34 PM
        > Subject: Re: Software Freedom Day
        > To: Stormy Peters <stormy gnome org>
        > Cc: Paul Cutler <pcutler gnome org>, marketing-list
        <marketing-list gnome org>
        >
        >
        > On Mon, Sep 13, 2010 at 2:28 PM, Stormy Peters
        <stormy gnome org> wrote:
        > >
        > > On Mon, Sep 13, 2010 at 1:26 PM, Joe 'Zonker' Brockmeier
        <jzb zonker net>
        > > wrote:
        > >>
        > >> Hey Stormy,
        > >>
        > >> I think the online alpha is way more newsworthy than
        saying "some
        > >> GNOME developers are taking part in this larger thing."
        > >>
        > >> We can tie it into SFD by saying GNOME is looking ahead
        to the next
        > >> generations of services for software freedom, and then
        mention the
        > >> other.
        > >
        > > Sounds good to me.
        > > What do you need from me or the Tomboy Online team?
        >
        > Just the relevant details for the launch, how to sign up,
        etc.
        >
        > Best,
        >
        > Z
        > --
        > Joe 'Zonker' Brockmeier <jzb zonker net>
        > About: http://www.dissociatedpress.net/about/
        
        
        







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