From 645a0fb29f487aee333b9e839149a36d740bac9b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Danyl Strype Date: Wed, 16 Jan 2019 09:54:09 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Create Organizations supporting federated social software --- ...izations-supporting-federated-social-software.md | 13 +++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+) create mode 100644 Organizations-supporting-federated-social-software.md diff --git a/Organizations-supporting-federated-social-software.md b/Organizations-supporting-federated-social-software.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..4f77e32 --- /dev/null +++ b/Organizations-supporting-federated-social-software.md @@ -0,0 +1,13 @@ +**Note:** this is following up on the discussion about legal entities that took place in issue #4. The primary goal is to identify possible legal homes for the fediverse.party project itself. Secondary goals include; +* mapping the space. Fgure out if there is any wheel reinvention or avoidable duplication of effort going on, and if there are any gaps. +* providing some insight into the relationships between the people behind the various app projects (eg allies vs. rivals), which may affect the prospects for smooth inter-operation between apps. + +The initial list includes any formal organizations that are supporting the development of fediverse software, other federated software, and protocols/ standards. The list will be expanded, as info becomes available, to note their legal status, the activities they currently undertake, and any other activities they agree would be within their mission. + +* [Diaspora Foundation](https://diasporafoundation.org/) - provides a legal entity for Diaspora dev, under the umbrella of the Free Software Support Network (FSSN), a project of the Software Freedom Law Centre. + +* [Feneas](https://feneas.org/) (Federated Networks Association) - involves people from a number of the projects in "the Federation" (apps using the set of protocols standardized by Diaspora standard + +* [GNU.io](https://gnu.io/) - provides a legal entity for development of GNU social (and GNU FM), under the umbrella of the GNU Project, a project of the Free Software Foundation. + +* SocialWG ([Social Web Incubator Community Group](https://www.w3.org/wiki/SocialCG) / [Social Web Working Group](https://www.w3.org/wiki/Socialwg/)) - the team that formalized ActivityPub and ActivityStreams 1.0, under the umbrella of the W3C. It's W3C Working Group charter began in 2014-07-21, and expired in 2018-02-13. \ No newline at end of file