Thanks Jehan!
The video is very comprehensive and entertaining - well done.
I hope we meet again soon.
On jeu., avril 28 2022 at 22:55:12 +0200, Jehan Pagès
<[email protected]> wrote:
Hello XMPP lovers and makers!
Long time no see, since some people might or not remember me from
about 10 years ago (or more), when I was still a XSF member and even
contributed a bit to the second RFC round (nostalgy!💭)
Back then I left the world of XMPP RFC and XEP standardization and
development around XMPP to go to new horizons, I was even a bit
disappointed, but it doesn't mean I abandoned my high consideration
for the protocol, the people making it and the XSF. To this day, I
still believe it to be one of the best generic communication
protocols.
This is why when we discussed with the Framasoft non-profit to make a
video (since my new horizons are things like making Libre Art,
animation films, then eventually becoming GIMP main developer and
maintainer) about the concept of Fediverse, which Wikipedia basically
defines as being federated networks using standard communication
protocols, even though this term was likely born around
ActivityPub-supporting software, I thought XMPP fits the bill too
(actually in the French version of the Wikipedia article on
Fediverse, XMPP is even explicitly mentioned).
This is why you might notice that in our cute little video explaining
the Fediverse, among messages, Mastodon "toots" and Peertube video
icons, small X-s are flying too:
<https://framatube.org/w/9dRFC6Ya11NCVeYKn8ZhiD>
Basically the big picture of this short explicative video is to talk
about and promote the concept of federated networks and standards,
why these are important, and why it matters rather than using
proprietary networks' walled gardens. If "Fediverse" is the new fancy
name to describe such concept to the wider audience — even though
this concept has existed for a long time! — then so be it! The
point is not to be highly technical. We are talking to everyone.
So why I'm sharing this link here is that the video is Libre Art
(Creative Commons by-sa 4.0), because that's what we do. Even the
sources will be available shortly. It's drawn in GIMP, obviously, and
animated with Synfig, all this on Linux. So even the production is
using Free Software, the art is free too, and it talks about
communication standards for everyone (freedom all the way!).
Therefore feel free to use it for whatever purpose like (random
thought 😉) promoting XMPP too.
Have fun everyone, and long live XMPP and communication standards!
😸
Jehan
--
ZeMarmot open animation film
http://film.zemarmot.net <http://film.zemarmot.net/>
Liberapay: <https://liberapay.com/ZeMarmot/>
Patreon: <https://patreon.com/zemarmot>
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