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author | Christopher Allan Webber <cwebber@dustycloud.org> | 2011-08-22 21:48:45 -0500 |
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committer | Christopher Allan Webber <cwebber@dustycloud.org> | 2011-08-22 21:48:45 -0500 |
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diff --git a/docs/source/about_mediagoblin.rst b/docs/source/about_mediagoblin.rst new file mode 100644 index 00000000..af6658f3 --- /dev/null +++ b/docs/source/about_mediagoblin.rst @@ -0,0 +1,70 @@ +================= + GNU MediaGoblin +================= + +.. contents:: Sections + :local: + + +What is GNU MediaGoblin +======================= + +Three years ago (2008), a number of free software luminaries got +together at the FSF office to answer the question, "What should +software freedom look like on the participatory web?" Those thinkers +included Richard Stallman---founder of the free software movement and +instigator of the GNU project, Evan Prodromou---the driving force +behind Status.net, a highly sucessful federated micro-blogging +service, and FIXME. + +Since that time Identi.ca and Libre.fm have answered the +freedom-loving web-user's need for micro-blogging and music sharing. +Now, GNU MediaGoblin is building a format for users to share photos. +Later versions of MediaGoblin will include support for video and other +media as well as tools to encourage collaboration on media projects. + + +Why are we doing this? +====================== + +Centralization and proprietization of media on the internet is a +serious problem and makes the web go from a system of extreme +resilience to a system of frightening fragility. We believe people +should be able to free their data from proprietary control and that +means someone has to build the tools to make it possible. We decided +that in this case, that someone would be us! + + +Who are you? +============ + +Free software activists and folks who have worked on a variety of +other projects like Libre.fm, GNU Social, Status.net, Miro, Miro +Community, OpenHatch and other projects as well. We're admirers and +contributors. We're writers and painters. We're friendly and +dedicated to computer user freedom. + + +How can I participate? +====================== + +See `Get Involved <http://mediagoblin.org/join/>`_ on the website.. + + +How is GNU MediaGoblin licensed? +================================ + +GNU MediaGoblin software is released under an AGPLv3 license. + +See the ``COPYING`` file in the source for details. + + +Is this an official GNU Project? What does that mean? +====================================================== + +We are! It means that we meet the GNU Project's rigourous standards +for free software. To find out more about what that means, check out +`the GNU site <http://gnu.org/>`_. + +Please feel free to contact us with further questions! + |