[FM Discuss] questions about place

[adam]

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On Sun, 2010-02-07 at 18:41 -0600, Janet Swisher wrote:
> 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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