Sure. But the mantra is "Release early, release often". And I guess early means that you don't need to wait until your code-base is feature complete or at 1.0

Sure. But the mantra is "Release early, release often". And I guess early means that you don't need to wait until your code-base is feature complete or at 1.0 to release the code. By the same token I think you're allowed to do what the Diaspora guys are doing and lay the foundations first, set the tone of the project and the general direction and style. I hope these guys do well but if it ain't them it'll be someone else cuz peer to peer federated social networking is in the near future of social networking and I'd much much much prefer if it was open source than not.