[Freedombox-discuss] what to do concretely to help

[J David Eisenberg]

On Sat, Feb 26, 2011 at 3:49 AM, Jonas Smedegaard <dr at jones.dk> wrote:
> Hi Anthony!
>
> On Sat, Feb 26, 2011 at 02:05:31AM -0600, Anthony Papillion wrote:
>>
>> I read about the Freedom Box about two weeks ago and heard about the
>> foundation tonight via Twitter. As both a software developer and a
>> privacy/human rights advocate, I am very excited and passionate about what
>> Freedom Box offers and I want to help.
>
> Welcome aboard!
>
> Contributions can, I believe, be grouped into four areas:
>
>  a) concrete boxing, including software setup automation
>  b) concrete software package selection and configuration
>  c) design of technical architecture and user experience
>  d) development of software pieces and its packaging

[Putting on my asbestos suit]

e) Documentation, internal and external
f) Public relations (spreading the word, "marketing")

>
> Some of us here believe that a certain order of above is needed, and/or that
> certain leadership (appointed by Eben Moglen?) should rule on that. I
> believe we can work on all areas in parallel, and need only friendly
> guidance while moving along at our own pace with all of it.
>
> I also feel it makes best sense to work on d) elsewhere than in this
> FreedomBox project and only summarize progress of it here.  But again this
> is something we do not agree on.
>
> Some of us feel the need postpone working until we have concensus of some
> direction, e.g. which Freedom-enabling technologies we want in "the
> FreedomBox" - I guess to not waste time working on areas later dropped. To
> me there is not one single FreedomBox but a process of boxing
> Freedom-enabling technologies. I encourage everyone to just dive in and work
> on what you find most relevant to work with - i.e. fun, easy to reach, and
> (seemingly) helpful for progress of this project.  I don't worry about
> "waste of effort": even if not directly ending up under the "FreedomBox"
> label, your contributions may very well end up blossoming in other areas of
> the FLOSS ecosystem.

+1
>
> Lots of concepts have been presented on this list of how to tackle various
> freedom-issues.  But mostly in the d) area and apparently mostly assuming
> that c) is a 2D menu-based web interface like is often seen on SoHo routers
> today.
>
> Might be that the Foundation, with its money boost, can save us all by
> telling us what to do and when to do it regarding c), b) and a), but I hope
> not.  Let's work on all 4 fronts and let that money be spent in the parts of
> the world where already money talks - e.g. at the field of hardware
> production and marketing, not here in the field of FLOSS software!
>
>
>  - Jonas
>
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