Hi everyone, I hope this is the right place to bring this up.
I'm a member of the GNU Advisory Board and we are considering the possibility of setting up a GNU Developer Network. Developer Networks can take many forms but in general they provide a central place for developers to find documentation, tutorials and other information related to software development, as well as the opportunity to discuss and interact with other developers. We considered some ready-made software for this, such as the one Mozilla uses for their network, but we determined that it would not be feasible to maintain it. After weighing our options, we felt that it would be best for us to try to take advantage of infrastructure that we already have. rms suggested that we could use the LibrePlanet wiki. A wiki would be a good fit for the kind of activity that would go on in a dev network, so it seems like a good suggestion to me. So, I come to you with the proposal that we carve out a corner of the LP wiki for a developer network. What do you think about this as a general idea? Are there any specific technical or other practical considerations that we must make? Are you opposed to something that would (ideally) end up consisting of many pages? I know that it's a community site but since this is a large undertaking, it's better to get community (and sysadmin) approval first. And lastly, is there anyone who is interested in joining in on this? There are is a practical concern that we have. How does LibrePlanet moderate its content, since everything is user-generated? We could not support, for example, people recommending proprietary software in the developer network. Likewise, we would have to be careful that people aren't calling the system "Linux" and that they are aware that we are developing free, not "open source", software. I look forward to hearing your thoughts on this! Cheers, Brandon ps - please include David (CC'ed) in replies; he is helping me out with this and I'm not sure that he is subscribed to the list. -- Brandon Invergo http://brandon.invergo.net
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