Hi! On Fri, Apr 29, 2022 at 1:46 AM Sonny Piers <[email protected]> wrote:
> Thanks Jehan! > > The video is very comprehensive and entertaining - well done. > Thanks! > I hope we meet again soon. > Sure. I recently saw threads on some random forums you made about some software (I believe it was about a software chooser?) and hesitated to say "hi", but then I didn't. :P So hopefully yes, let's meet someday! (end of off-topic) Jehan > 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 > Liberapay: https://liberapay.com/ZeMarmot/ > Patreon: https://patreon.com/zemarmot > Tipeee: https://www.tipeee.com/zemarmot > > _______________________________________________ > Standards mailing list > Info: https://mail.jabber.org/mailman/listinfo/standards > Unsubscribe: [email protected] > _______________________________________________ > -- ZeMarmot open animation film http://film.zemarmot.net Liberapay: https://liberapay.com/ZeMarmot/ Patreon: https://patreon.com/zemarmot Tipeee: https://www.tipeee.com/zemarmot
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