<div dir="ltr"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">---------- Forwarded message ----------<br>From: <b class="gmail_sendername">John Bywater</b> <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:john.bywater@appropriatesoftware.net">john.bywater@appropriatesoftware.net</a>></span><br>
Date: Mon, Feb 1, 2010 at 6:16 PM<br>Subject: [Autonomo.us] KForge Club: Call for Participation (Feb 2010)<br>To: "<a href="mailto:discuss@lists.autonomo.us">discuss@lists.autonomo.us</a>"@<a href="http://mail.identi.ca">mail.identi.ca</a><br>
<br><br>Dear All,<br>
<br>
KFORGE CLUB: CALL FOR PARTICIPATION<br>
<br>
An invitation to join KForge Club.<br>
<br>
JOIN HERE<br>
You can join KForge Club here:<br>
<a href="http://appropriatesoftware.net/kforgeclub/JoinHere.html" target="_blank">http://appropriatesoftware.net/kforgeclub/JoinHere.html</a><br>
<br>
Joining KForge Club is free of charge. KForge Club members are simply<br>
involved in a safe, transparent, and regular process of sharing common<br>
costs. Joining implies no commitment whatsoever (you can say 'No' later).<br>
<br>
Members are invited to submit new proposals, and to comment on proposals<br>
submitted by others. A prospectus of such proposals is published, and<br>
shares of the costs are discussed with those showing interest. A call<br>
for agreement is made. Proposals that achieve consensus are actioned,<br>
and reported upon at regular intervals.<br>
<br>
BACKGROUND<br>
KForge is a stable, open-source, enterprise application for project<br>
hosting. KForge provisions project services on-demand, and controls<br>
access with a robust, role-based, single sign-on access controller.<br>
Project services include:<br>
<br>
* Version control systems (e.g. Git, Mercurial, Subversion)<br>
* Project framework with mechanisms to plan and track work (e.g. Trac)<br>
* Wikis and mailing lists (e.g. MoinMoin, Mailman)<br>
* Content management systems and blogs (e.g. Joomla, Wordpress)<br>
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KForge also provides a complete web interface for administration of<br>
project members and services, as well as a fully-developed plugin system<br>
so that new kinds of services can be added easily.<br>
<br>
KFORGE CLUB<br>
It is clear that there are common project hosting needs across most<br>
organisations. For the last 4 years, the goals and the resources for<br>
KForge development have been provided solely by the Open Knowledge<br>
Foundation and the Appropriate Software Foundation.<br>
<br>
KForge Club is a way to share the cost of developing project hosting<br>
capabilities, so that every project can benefit from well-supported,<br>
high-quality, open-source, project hosting architecture.<br>
<br>
In order to sustain the development of KForge, we are seeking to share<br>
the objectives and costs of KForge development with others. We would<br>
like to emphasize that KForge will, of course, remain open-source software.<br>
<br>
You can find out more about KForge Club here:<br>
<a href="http://appropriatesoftware.net/kforgeclub/ServiceDesk.html" target="_blank">http://appropriatesoftware.net/kforgeclub/ServiceDesk.html</a><br>
<br>
SCHEDULE<br>
01 February 2010 �- �Call for Participation<br>
15 February 2010 �- �Call for Proposals<br>
15 March 2010 � � - �Publish Prospectus<br>
12 April 2010 � � - �Call for Agreement<br>
30 April 2010 � � - �Celebrate Success<br>
<br>
ABOUT US<br>
KForge Club is hosted by John Bywater (Appropriate Software Foundation)<br>
and Rufus Pollock (Open Knowledge Foundation).<br>
<br>
The Appropriate Software Foundation is a service-oriented software and<br>
organisation development consultancy, dedicated to creating and<br>
providing open-source software services that enable small organisations<br>
to accomplish their objects.<br>
<br>
The Open Knowledge Foundation is a not-for-profit organization founded<br>
in 2004 and dedicated to promoting open knowledge in all its forms. �It<br>
is a leader in this field nationally and internationally.<br>
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