[FM Discuss] questions about place

[Janet Swisher]

Never doubted that it would be free software.

But *where* does it get distributed from? Does that happen on booki.cc, in
addition to running booki for content creation? Or on flossmanuals.net? Or
someplace else, such as sourceforge?

Your description of booki.cc seemed to focus mainly on it running
booki-as-a-service, so it wasn't clear to me where the activities around
booki-as-software would take place.

Sorry for hijacking your original query into this relatively minor issue.
Let me reiterate that the proposed model with regard to content creation and
publication, per your original message, makes perfect sense to me.

--Janet

On Sun, Feb 7, 2010 at 2:39 PM, adam <adam at xs4all.nl> wrote:

> im sorry but im not sure why anyone might believe that we would produce
> software that wasnt free software...
>
> maybe thats why i didnt understand the question...
>
> adam
>
>
> On Sun, 2010-02-07 at 14:34 -0600, Janet Swisher wrote:
> > What he said. Booki as software, not just booki as a service.
> > Download, discuss, contribute, etc. for the software itself. Is that
> > part of the picture?
> >
> > By analogy, identi.ca is a service that uses the FLOS software
> > StatusNet. You can either download the StatusNet software, or use it
> > as a hosted service. My thought was that flossmanuals.net would be one
> > of potentially many services that use booki software, possibly as a
> > hosted service. (I don't to push this analogy too far, as StatusNet is
> > also a business that provides customization and support, which is a
> > whole other issue that is off the track of the current discussion.) My
> > main question is: is booki just a service, or is it also a software
> > package?
> >
> > --Janet
> >
> >
> > On Sun, Feb 7, 2010 at 12:57 PM, Joshua Facemyer <jfacemyer at gmail.com>
> > wrote:
> >         I had thought that I had remembered from a previous discussion
> >         that booki as a platform (not as a service) was also going to
> >         be offered as FLOSS.  If this is the case, the question is how
> >         does that goal fit into the rest of the picture?
> >
> >         As for your explanation, that helps to clarify a lot, and I
> >         like the vision.  It makes more sense in perspective.  (You
> >         should probably give a fuller perspective at the outset when
> >         asking complicated questions ;)
> >
> >         JF
> >
> >
> >         adam wrote:
> >                 i'm not sure i understand the point...promotion? we
> >                 have never been good
> >                 at it, i have to say, but promotion comes down to us
> >                 telling people
> >                 about what we do...for example, i do a lot of talking
> >                 about fm, book
> >                 sprints, specific manuals, free documentation, free
> >                 manuals, free
> >                 culture, free content etc etc etc ...at these i would
> >                 choose to talk
> >                 about booki when appropriate and not at other
> >                 times...im not sure i get
> >                 the question though...
> >
> >
> >                 adam
> >
> >
> >                 On Sun, 2010-02-07 at 10:08 -0600, Janet Swisher
> >                 wrote:
> >
> >                         I get the reasons for separating FM's
> >                         publishing aspect from Booki's
> >                         content-development aspect. However, Joshua
> >                         has a point that there is
> >                         a third aspect, which is the development and
> >                         promotion of the booki
> >                         software itself. Where does that fit into this
> >                         picture?
> >
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