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1 | .. MediaGoblin Documentation |
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3 | Written in 2011, 2012 by MediaGoblin contributors | |
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5 | To the extent possible under law, the author(s) have dedicated all | |
6 | copyright and related and neighboring rights to this software to | |
7 | the public domain worldwide. This software is distributed without | |
8 | any warranty. | |
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10 | You should have received a copy of the CC0 Public Domain | |
11 | Dedication along with this software. If not, see | |
12 | <http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/>. | |
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14 | ======================= |
15 | About GNU MediaGoblin | |
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22 | What is GNU MediaGoblin? |
23 | ======================== | |
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25 | In 2008, a number of free software developers and activists gathered |
26 | at the FSF to attempt to answer the question "What should software | |
27 | freedom look like on the participatory web?" Their answer, the | |
28 | `Franklin Street Statement`_ has lead to the development of | |
29 | `autonomo.us`_ community, and free software projects including | |
30 | `Identi.ca`_ and `Libre.fm`_. | |
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32 | .. _Franklin Street Statement: http://autonomo.us/2008/07/franklin-street-statement/ | |
33 | .. _autonomo.us: http://autonomo.us/ | |
34 | .. _identi.ca: http://identi.ca/ | |
35 | .. _Libre.fm: http://libre.fm/ | |
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37 | Identi.ca and Libre.fm address the need for micro-blogging and music | |
38 | sharing services and software that respect users' freedom and | |
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39 | autonomy. |
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41 | GNU MediaGoblin emerges from this milieu to create a platform for us to share | |
42 | photos, video and other media in an environment that respects our freedom and | |
43 | independence. In the future MediaGoblin will provide tools to facilitate | |
6503d66c | 44 | collaboration on media projects. |
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47 | Why Build GNU MediaGoblin? |
48 | ========================== | |
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50 | The Internet is designed---and works best---as a complex and endlessly |
51 | resilient network. When key services and media outlets are | |
6503d66c | 52 | concentrated in centralized platforms, the network becomes less useful |
917d4663 | 53 | and increasingly fragile. As always, the proprietary nature of these |
6503d66c | 54 | systems, hinders users ability to develop, extend, and understand |
55 | their software; however, in the case of network services it also means | |
56 | that users must forfeit control of their data to the service | |
917d4663 | 57 | providers. |
6503d66c | 58 | |
59 | Therefore, we believe that network services must be federated to avoid | |
60 | centralization and that everyone ought to have control over their | |
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61 | data. In support of this, we've decided to help build the tools to |
62 | make these kinds of services possible. We hope you'll join us, both | |
63 | as users and as contributors. | |
64 | ||
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66 | Who Contributes to the Project? |
67 | =============================== | |
6503d66c | 68 | |
917d4663 | 69 | You do! |
6503d66c | 70 | |
71 | We are free software activists and folks who have worked on a variety | |
72 | of other projects including: Libre.fm, GNU Social, Status.net, Miro, | |
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73 | Miro Community, and OpenHatch among others. We're programmers, |
74 | musicians, writers, and painters. We're friendly and dedicated to | |
6503d66c | 75 | software and network freedom. |
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6503d66c | 78 | How Can I Participate? |
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79 | ====================== |
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81 | See `Get Involved <http://mediagoblin.org/join/>`_ on the website. We |
82 | eagerly look forward to seeing you! | |
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85 | How is GNU MediaGoblin licensed? |
86 | ================================ | |
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88 | GNU MediaGoblin software is released under an AGPLv3 license. |
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917d4663 | 90 | See the ``COPYING`` file in the root of the source for details. |
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c3dc1fb4 | 93 | Is MediaGoblin an official GNU project? What does that mean? |
6503d66c | 94 | ============================================================= |
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6503d66c | 96 | MediaGoblin is an official GNU project! This status means that we the |
97 | meet the GNU Project's rigorous standards for free software. To find | |
917d4663 | 98 | out more about what that means, check out the `GNU website`_. |
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100 | Please feel free to contact us with further questions! | |
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917d4663 | 102 | .. _GNU website: http://gnu.org/ |