@ben, 2025
https://werd.io/2025/if-i-started-fresh
This reminds me of;
@ben, 2025
https://werd.io/2025/if-i-started-fresh
This reminds me of;
@ben, 2025
https://werd.io/2025/if-i-started-fresh
*If* it connects over open protocols, and *if* all user data can be exported in formats that can be ingested by an equivalent service, fine. Having the source code for software running on other people's computers is less important than a usable exit.
... and that the importance of liberating source code for web services is the ease of standing up an equivalent service, so we have somewhere to exit *to*. Which is why the Franklin Street Statement pointed proposes libre licensing for "network services";
https://freedomdefined.org/Franklin_Street_Statement_on_Freedom_and_Network_Services
Just out of curiosity @ben, did anyone ever take up that bounty and implement AP in Known?
https://werd.io/2021/building-activitypub-into-known
Would be cool to see Known publications start turning up in Ghost, along with Ghost and WP ones : )
Also, there was some talk of an AP plugin for Elgg. Did that ever eventuate?
Having said that, let's remember to always ask "who does that server really serve?"
https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/who-does-that-server-really-serve.html
... and that the Franklin Street Statement pointed out the importance of source code for web services is the ease of standing up an equivalent service, so we have somewhere to exit *to*;
https://freedomdefined.org/Franklin_Street_Statement_on_Freedom_and_Network_Services
This is a bonfire demo instance for testing purposes