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diff --git a/docs/source/mediagoblin.rst b/docs/source/mediagoblin.rst deleted file mode 100644 index af6658f3..00000000 --- a/docs/source/mediagoblin.rst +++ /dev/null @@ -1,70 +0,0 @@ -================= - 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! - |