I like this alot. I think we need to combine this with "Steal This Idea" to make a collection of ideas for things that need to exist; one important reason would be "no free version available".
You want the critical mass of contributors that comes from including a) non-software ideas that may have a sw component, b) ideas that need to be made, regardless of implementation c) people interested in discussing such things openly, regardless of freeligion Love and code, SJ On Fri, Mar 23, 2012 at 5:34 PM, Danny Piccirillo < [email protected]> wrote: > Thanks Rich! > > This is pretty cool-- something else that might be cool would be to build > this into an effective directory of free software projects. There are some > good open source hackernews alternatives that just need people to switch, > as is always the problem https://github.com/dengzhp/lusernews or > https://github.com/antirez/lamernews > > Something like http://alternativeto.net/ would be ideal if it were (a) > free software (b) promoted the free alternatives and (c) didn't use "free > software" to mean free as in free beer. Then, if something doesn't have a > good alternative, it would be easy to tally demand for one! > > On that note, i've posted that as an idea! > http://gun.io/mostwanted/a-free-software-alternative-to-alternativetonet > > > Cheers > [= > > On Tue, Mar 13, 2012 at 19:02, Rich Jones <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Hey guys! >> >> I'm sure at some point all of you have thought "Hey, there should be some >> free software that does {{thing}}!" So, I've whipped up a little HN/reddit >> clone as a platform for meta-discussion about the voids in free software. >> I'd like this to be a place to discuss new ideas, get feedback and find >> collaborators. >> >> If you'd like, you can try it out here: http://gun.io/mostwanted/ >> >> There isn't really anything there yet as I literally just put it up, but >> if you've got any ideas for projects you'd like to share, please be brave >> and post them! >> >> I know the FSF maintains a list of 'high priority' targets, but I think >> that's just a small subset of what is yet to be done. There's still a lot >> of low-hanging fruit out there! I'll also be interested in funding any of >> the project ideas which seem particularly popular. >> >> Anyway, please give it a shot! If it flops, c'est la vie, but I think it >> might be interesting experiment. No idea is too grand or too small! Worst >> case scenario, it's a place online to discuss ideas that aren't based on >> stupid memes and news about boring Silicon Valley startups. >> >> Please, give it a shot and let me know what you think! Feedback is >> greatly appreciated. >> Thanks! >> Rich Jones >> > > > > -- > ☮ ♥ Ⓐ > .danny > > This email is: [ ] bloggable [ x ] shareable with consent [ ] lethal > if repeated or forwarded > > [𝄽#] The Silent Number - http://thesilentnumber.me/ > > µBlog: http://identi.ca/dpic > > -------------------------------------------- > Q: Why is this email five sentences or less? > A: http://five.sentenc.es > > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.freeculture.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss > FAQ: http://wiki.freeculture.org/Fc-discuss > > -- Samuel Klein @metasj w:user:sj +1 617 529 4266
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