Re: RE : Re: Federation protocols

Dnia środa, 12 czerwca 2013 o 19:15:11 Melvin Carvalho napisał(a):
> On 12 June 2013 19:13, Melvin Carvalho <melvincarvalho@gmail.com> wrote:
> > On 12 June 2013 19:09, Evan Prodromou <evan@e14n.com> wrote:
> >>  On 13-06-12 11:24 AM, Michał 'rysiek' Woźniak wrote:
> >> Federation, however, needs interoperability.
> >> 
> >> That's not true.
> >> 
> >> It's possible to have an Open Source social server that's a *de
> >> facto*standard even though there's not a lot of other implementations
> >> of the protocol.
> >> 
> >> jabberd in the early years of XMPP would be a good example.
> >> 
> >> I think interop is great and all that, but I think it's actually a
> >> slower and more difficult route to federation than widespread adoption
> >> of a de facto standard Open Source implementation.
> >> 
> >> The more permissive the license, and the more participatory the project,
> >> the better.
> > 
> > It's worth taking a second to ask what balance of properties a standard
> > should have.  While far from perfect, every major standards body has so
> > far agreed on these rough five principles:
> > 
> > http://open-stand.org/principles/
> > 
> >    - *Due process.* Decisions are made with equity and fairness among
> >    participants. No one party dominates or guides standards development.
> >    Standards processes are transparent and opportunities exist to appeal
> >    decisions. Processes for periodic standards review and updating are
> >    well defined.
> >    - *Broad consensus.* Processes allow for all views to be considered
> >    and addressed, such that agreement can be found across a range of
> >    interests. - *Transparency.* Standards organizations provide advance
> >    public notice of proposed standards development activities, the scope
> >    of work to be undertaken, and conditions for participation. Easily
> >    accessible records of decisions and the materials used in reaching
> >    those decisions are provided. Public comment periods are provided
> >    before final standards approval and adoption.
> >    - *Balance.* Standards activities are not exclusively dominated by any
> >    particular person, company or interest group.
> >    - *Openness.* Standards processes are open to all interested and
> >    informed parties.
> 
> And here's the properties this should generate:
> 
> collective empowerment by striving for standards that:
> 
>    - are chosen and defined based on technical merit, as judged by the
>    contributed expertise of each participant;
>    - provide global interoperability, scalability, stability, and
>    resiliency;
>    - enable global competition;
>    - serve as building blocks for further innovation; and
>    - contribute to the creation of global communities, benefiting humanity.

And these are among the very few constructive e-mails in this thread. Thanks!

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Pozdrawiam
Michał "rysiek" Woźniak

Fundacja Wolnego i Otwartego Oprogramowania