[IMC-US] Re: software

[Ryan Kaldari]

Don't forget better foreign language support too. Right now dadaIMC is  
very limited in supporting multiple languages.

Ryan Smith, Tennessee IMC

On Jan 20, 2004, at 12:58 AM, Garth Liebhaber wrote:

> I was confused on that point too.  how involved is the syndication  
> aspect?  is it a matter of administrating which sites will be
> giving syndicated feeds?  Also, if we consensed to have only  
> syndicated feeds and not an open wire, is there something
> special in implementing that?
>
> as to design, we need design people, and of course tech peops to  
> implement the design.  Perhaps our hurdles aren't as
> large as we thought?
>
> Our process for designing Chicago has been for all to give their input  
> to the design person and then she made some
> mock-ups for further critique.  It's worked really well, making most  
> people happy.  Could I propose this as a next step to get
> us forward?
>
> Could someone repost the address for our dummy site?  Here is the  
> address for Max's banner mockup: http://
> mail.care2.com/caremail/noframes/mailer/t_baseform.asp? 
> whattodo=compose&Composer=Simple
>
> what say all?
> garth
> chicago
>
>
>
>
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> From: max <max at michiganimc.org>
> Sent: Mon, 19 Jan 2004 22:59:15 -0800
> To: imc-us at lists.cu.groogroo.com
> Subject: [IMC-US] Re: software
>
>
> I didn't think that anyone was talking about developing new software in
> the short term.  us.indymedia.org is functional, running dadaIMC  
> already.
> The tech stuff that needs to get involves syndication and design, not
> software development.  
>
> max
>
> Ryan Smith sez:  
>> I do, however, have one big caveat, which I believe is much more  
>> important than the size of the acknowledgment on the website. I would  
>>  
>> like a guarantee that the software developed for the US IMC site is  
>> released under a public license such as the GPL. That way the  
>> software  
>> can be used and developed in a completely open manner consistent with  
>>  
>> Indymedia goals and policies.  
>   
>  Ryan's caveat is important, and again, I still haven't seen a  
> response  
>  from Acorn about this. I'm afraid I fail to see the benefit to us of  
>  agreeing to this link for the rest of time if the software isn't
> available  
>  to us to hack on, use, modify, develop, redistribute, etc.
>
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