OneSocialWeb goes open source

Dear all,
 
A few weeks ago we presented our OneSocialWeb project on the SWXG call:
an opensource project that aims at building a free, open, and
decentralized social networks. If you missed the call you can learn
about the idea <http://onesocialweb.org/docs-introduction.html>  and
what it looked like <http://onesocialweb.org/docs-screencast.html> .
However it was only a prototype running on our servers, there was no
such federated social network.. yet.

Today, we have released the source code
<http://onesocialweb.org/code.html>  and compiled versions
<http://onesocialweb.org/download.html>  of the core components of our
architecture. With this, you are now in a position to install your own
Openfire server <http://www.igniterealtime.org/projects/openfire/> ,
load our Onesocialweb plugin
<http://github.com/downloads/onesocialweb/osw-openfire-plugin/osw-openfi
re-plugin-0.6.0.tgz> , and you will immediately be part of the
Onesocialweb federation. We also provide you with a command line client
<http://github.com/downloads/onesocialweb/osw-console/osw-console-0.6.0.
tgz>  to interact with other onesocialweb users.

As you see, we are not releasing the web and android client today. They
will require a bit more work and you should expect them in the coming
weeks. This means that this first release is mainly targeting
developers, providing them with the required tools and documentation to
start integrating onesocialweb features in their own clients, servers
and applications.

This is a first release, not an end product. Our baby has just learned
to walk and we'll now see if it has some legs. We look forward to keep
on growing it with the help of the community. Please have a look at our
protocol <http://onesocialweb.org/docs-protocol.html> , try to compile
the code <http://onesocialweb.org/code-compile.html> , and share your
feedback with us on our mailing list
<http://groups.google.com/group/onesocialweb> . You can also have a look
at our roadmap <http://onesocialweb.org/docs-roadmap.html>  to get a
feel for where we are going.

Any feedback is of course more than welcome. 
 
Cheers!
 
Alard

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Alard Weisscher
Interaction Designer
Vodafone Group Research & Development .NL

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E-mail: alard.weisscher@vodafone.com



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