Free Software Foundation Priority Projects

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Post by brudgers » Sun, Jan 22, 2017, 4:16 PM UTC

Free Software Foundation Priority Projects
fsf.org

Re: Free Software Foundation Priority Projects

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Post by slitaz » Sun, Jan 22, 2017, 4:41 PM UTC

These are too many to be priority projects. Does the FSF have the resources to actually be involved in the development of these projects?

Re: Free Software Foundation Priority Projects

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Post by igravious » Sun, Jan 22, 2017, 5:04 PM UTC

slitaz wrote: post #2

These are too many to be priority projects. Does the FSF have the resources to actually be involved in the development of these projects?

And yet they are all, each and every one of them, vitally necessary.

Re: Free Software Foundation Priority Projects

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Post by em3rgent0rdr » Sun, Jan 22, 2017, 5:18 PM UTC

slitaz wrote: post #2

These are too many to be priority projects. Does the FSF have the resources to actually be involved in the development of these projects?

Better question: are they doing a good job of supporting these projects, esp considering the amount of donations the FSF brings in.

Re: Free Software Foundation Priority Projects

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Post by QuadrupleA » Sun, Jan 22, 2017, 5:19 PM UTC

The site crashed :|

Re: Free Software Foundation Priority Projects

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Post by tyingq » Sun, Jan 22, 2017, 5:22 PM UTC

QuadrupleA wrote: post #5

The site crashed :|

Maybe fast, but lightweight and scalable web server is on the list?

(joking a bit, but there isn't a notable GPL licensed web server, is there?)

Re: Free Software Foundation Priority Projects

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Post by II2II » Sun, Jan 22, 2017, 5:24 PM UTC

slitaz wrote: post #2

These are too many to be priority projects. Does the FSF have the resources to actually be involved in the development of these projects?

The page suggests that they are priorities, not that the FSF is supporting the development of these projects.

Given the diverse skill set and interests of free software developers, it's probably better to have a long list of priorities as long as there is little overlap. It would be difficult to attract individuals and businesses into supporting projects that they are not interested in or don't have the skills to contribute to.

Re: Free Software Foundation Priority Projects

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Post by mynegation » Sun, Jan 22, 2017, 5:25 PM UTC

This is the right thing to do and I hope it is not too little too late. Free/libre OSS won the battle for the server, lost the battle for the desktop, but desktop is not (that) relevant anymore. FLOSS phone ecosystem will be hard to next to impossible, in my opinion, but worth going into. Self-hosted server side software has a very good chance of succeeding. For a long time I essentially wanted something like Synology and QNAP but completely open, with a single package installation interface and ecosystem of phone apps working with my self hosted software.

Re: Free Software Foundation Priority Projects

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Post by II2II » Sun, Jan 22, 2017, 5:27 PM UTC

QuadrupleA wrote: post #5

The site crashed :|

Stop the page load, and the content will come up. www.fsf.org seems to be fine, but static.fsf.org seems to be having trouble.

Re: Free Software Foundation Priority Projects

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Post by idobai » Sun, Jan 22, 2017, 5:34 PM UTC

mynegation wrote: post #8

This is the right thing to do and I hope it is not too little too late. Free/libre OSS won the battle for the server, lost the battle for the desktop, but desktop is not (that) relevant anymore. FLOSS phone ecosystem will be hard to next to impossible, in my opinion, but worth going into. Self-hosted server side software has a very good chance of succeeding. For a long time I essentially wanted something like Synolog…

> Free/libre OSS won the battle for the server, lost the battle for the desktop

I don't think it lost the battle on desktop - if you don't rely on platform(or interest)-specific software like the adobe/microsoft suites and some 3A games then you'll be more than fine on the linux desktop.