[FM Discuss] archive.org and booki

[adam hyde]

On Tue, 2009-09-08 at 11:31 -0400, Joshua Facemyer wrote:
> 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 :) ?
 

not yet...stay tuned :)

adam


> 
> 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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