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author | Jonas Smedegaard <dr@jones.dk> | 2011-05-02 15:14:45 +0200 |
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committer | Jonas Smedegaard <dr@jones.dk> | 2011-05-02 15:14:45 +0200 |
commit | dfa3fc5aab9b48b46e8e1a6e2b995cecec5a8d60 (patch) | |
tree | 68889e28ac24648915c286aead8eae27ee9201e4 /emdebian | |
parent | bb467dfd2266045575b86d84da164d49d0f47cf3 (diff) |
Major update of FreedomBox talk at mdebian sprint in February.
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diff --git a/emdebian/fb.mkd b/emdebian/fb.mkd index c8e84d6..2a823d3 100644 --- a/emdebian/fb.mkd +++ b/emdebian/fb.mkd @@ -1,12 +1,71 @@ % FreedomBox % Jonas Smedegaard -% Cambridge, United Kingdom, Freburary 22nd, 2011 +% Cambridge, United Kingdom, Februrary 22nd, 2011 -# Vision +# Concept - * Eben Mogen + * Aim: Move logfiles of internet activities physically home + * Put freedom-enabling technologies in a small low-power box + +# History + + * Eben Moglen gives targeted talk to groups within the larger Freedom movement + * Spring 2010: first(?) talk on freedom vs. "cloud" computing + * Late Spring 2010: NYU talk spawns Diaspora project + * Summer 2010: Talk at Debconf 10 spawns Debian FreedomBox project + +# Status + + * Eben Moglen + * Consistently avoid hiliting specific projects (e.g. Diaspora) in talks + * February 2011: Forms FreedomBox Foundation - linking to Debian FreedomBox project + * Gets USD 50,000 in 5 days (aiming at 60,000) for leadership tasks + * Spawned Debian project + * Lots of ideas at mailinglist + * Lots of collected material at wiki - on more or less production ready code + * Little work on design + * Little work on creating actual usable snapshot + +# "My FreedomBox" + + * Dreams + * Design + * Software + * Hardware + +# "My FreedomBox", detailed + + * Dream → share and discuss them at ML, collect notes at wiki + * Design → guidelines - requiring least possible unification, e.g. preferrably modular + * Software → Debian Pure Blends + * Hardware → simplest possible Plug hardware (= SheevaPlug?) + +# "My crystalball" + + * Upstream invents, implements and production-redies code + * Debian packages production-ready code projects + * FreedomBox team develops a "Freedom" Debian Pure Blend + * Derivative(s) cherry-picks official (and maybe unofficial) FreedomBox pieces + * Derivative(s) negotiate with hardware vendors + * Derivative(s) installs actual "Debian (un)Pure Blends install" onto box hardware + * Derivative(s) negotiate with distribution channels of physical boxes + * End-users buy FreedomBox in shop + +# "My crystalball", Blend details + + * Upstream provides code + * Debian provides packaging and infrastructure + * FreedomBox team invents and refines design guidelines (plural!) + * FreedomBox team maintains debtags + * FreedomBox team maintains package lists (plural!), preferrably from debtags + * FreedomBox team refine debconf preseeding lists + * FreedomBox team maintains unofficial(!) config hacks + * FreedomBox team promotes patches replacing config hacks with debconf'ization + * FreedomBox team maintains unofficial(!) snapshot build routines (plural!) + * Derivative(s) consumes code packaging composition(s) + * End-users buy FreedomBox in shop # Links - * http://wiki.debian.org/FreedomBox - * http://www.freedomboxfoundation.org/ + * <http://wiki.debian.org/FreedomBox> + * <http://www.freedomboxfoundation.org/> |