[FM Discuss] archive.org and booki

[Joshua Facemyer]

Awesome!

Do you have a publishable architecture concept and timeline (for those 
of us who are too interested in the future of FM to just wait :) ?

JF

adam hyde wrote:
> hi,
> 
> This is an just to say that we are very happy to announce that
> Archive.org will part-sponsor the development of booki. Booki, for those
> that do not know, is the new book-wiki platform being developed by FLOSS
> Manuals. 
> 
> We have been talking about it for a while, and you may have thought it
> would never happen, but Aco, Douglas and I have been working quietly in
> the background writing funding applications, schmoozing, and designing
> the architecture. We have also anticipated the development by splitting
> Objavi (the PDF and ODT file generator) off from the existing FLOSS
> Manuals and it now runs as a standalone service capable of interacting
> with the new platform when it is ready.
> 
> We are still looking for co-sponsors, but this initial sponsorship
> allows us to get our coding underway. We will have more information soon
> about the git repository etc for those that wish to contribute to
> booki. 
> 
> Archive.org are also very interested in working with us in the long
> term...we hope to meet with them again, so more news will follow in
> time, and I will keep you up to date with the development regularly.
> 
> On the topic of development - it is all free software, and we will pay
> Aco and Douglas to develop it. I will get a fee for project management.
> None of us will be paid full time, but enough to get the work done on
> the schedule we have outlined. If you wish to join the development as a
> volunteer programmer then we welcome any interest on this level. You can
> email me direct if you are interested in how to get involved.
> 
> many thanks to archive.org!
> 
> :)
> 
> adam
> 
> 
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