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StatusNet transforms into Node.js-driven pump.io (2012)

christianbryant 13y ago
Since this article, we've all experienced the shift from status.net and yet another blow to the AGPL. Via many discussions out there [1], as may have been pointed out, but deserves repetition, is that this is the Status.net _service_ being migrated to that pump.io's new software project (the company is changing forms as well). Despite this, of course StatusNet software source code will still remain free, available and working from code repositories. And it is definitely not the end of free social networking. Other than this, there are several projects working with the open protocol OStatus for federated social networking. Also - last but not least - GNU Social (essentially the same codebase as StatusNet) is still very much alive! It is an FSF endorsed social networking project and has had a recent boost of encouragement in the mailing lists (much as a result from the Status.net thing): http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/social/2012-12/msg00043.html http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/social/2012-12/msg00043.ht... [1] http://trisquel.info/en/forum/statusnet-identica-and-another-blow-agpl http://trisquel.info/en/forum/statusnet-identica-and-another...
- orblivion 13y ago
  So pump.io doesn't use AGPL. Other than that, is it not as interesting to Free Software? Does it not federate with OStatus?
  - thristian 13y ago
    I believe it doesn't federate with OStatus, no, although it is built from some of the same features (Activity Streams, in particular).
casca 13y ago
Adam Hupp from Facebook gave an interesting talk at the last HN London around how FB managed the scaling of the kind of thing that pump.io seems to be offering: http://vimeo.com/70563893 http://vimeo.com/70563893
mlinksva 13y ago
That's a 7 month old article. identi.ca didn't go away (it's running new software called pump.io). Some other sites are still running StatusNet software, see http://www.skilledtests.com/wiki/List_of_Independent_Statusnet_Instances http://www.skilledtests.com/wiki/List_of_Independent_Statusn... More recent, idiosyncratic post about this autonomo.us/2013/07/12/pumped/
Joeboy 13y ago
As it happens I just made a Dockerfile for pump.io, in case anybody wants to install it in a docker.io container. https://github.com/Joeboy/dockerfiles/tree/master/pump.io https://github.com/Joeboy/dockerfiles/tree/master/pump.io Edit: Also I'm https://microca.st/Joeboy https://microca.st/Joeboy if anybody wants to follow me (not that there's anything to follow so far).

Since this article, we've all experienced the shift from status.net and yet another blow to the AGPL. Via many discussions out there [1], as may have been pointed out, but deserves repetition, is that this is the Status.net _service_ being migrated to that pump.io's new software project (the company is changing forms as well). Despite this, of course StatusNet software source code will still remain free, available and working from code repositories. And it is definitely not the end of free social networking. Other than this, there are several projects working with the open protocol OStatus for federated social networking. Also - last but not least - GNU Social (essentially the same codebase as StatusNet) is still very much alive! It is an FSF endorsed social networking project and has had a recent boost of encouragement in the mailing lists (much as a result from the Status.net thing): http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/social/2012-12/msg00043.html http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/social/2012-12/msg00043.ht... [1] http://trisquel.info/en/forum/statusnet-identica-and-another-blow-agpl http://trisquel.info/en/forum/statusnet-identica-and-another...

orblivion 13y ago
So pump.io doesn't use AGPL. Other than that, is it not as interesting to Free Software? Does it not federate with OStatus?
- thristian 13y ago
  I believe it doesn't federate with OStatus, no, although it is built from some of the same features (Activity Streams, in particular).

casca 13y ago

Adam Hupp from Facebook gave an interesting talk at the last HN London around how FB managed the scaling of the kind of thing that pump.io seems to be offering: http://vimeo.com/70563893 http://vimeo.com/70563893

mlinksva 13y ago

That's a 7 month old article. identi.ca didn't go away (it's running new software called pump.io). Some other sites are still running StatusNet software, see http://www.skilledtests.com/wiki/List_of_Independent_Statusnet_Instances http://www.skilledtests.com/wiki/List_of_Independent_Statusn... More recent, idiosyncratic post about this autonomo.us/2013/07/12/pumped/

Joeboy 13y ago

As it happens I just made a Dockerfile for pump.io, in case anybody wants to install it in a docker.io container. https://github.com/Joeboy/dockerfiles/tree/master/pump.io https://github.com/Joeboy/dockerfiles/tree/master/pump.io Edit: Also I'm https://microca.st/Joeboy https://microca.st/Joeboy if anybody wants to follow me (not that there's anything to follow so far).