Re: Fwd: Software Freedom Day

[Paul Cutler <pcutler gnome org>]

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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