Group: GNU Social

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-This is the development, work-in-progress spec/ideas space for GNU Social, otherwise known as [http://daisycha.in Daisychain].
+http://www.gnu.org/software/social/
-==Goals==
-* Privacy- users should be in control of their own data
-* Distributed- anyone can set up their own server to become part of the network
-* Portability- software should run on the widest array of hosts possible
-* Simplicity- simple to set up; a simple base installation to serve as a platform for a wide array of extensions
-* Extensibility- easy to implement and distribute new functionality
-* Freedom (of course)
-==Ideas==
-* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xmpp XMPP]
-** "Message oriented middleware" -- should be useful for inter-server communication
-** Need to include an XMPP server in base install?
-*** Is it possible to route what we need through an arbitrary XMPP server?
-* [http://www.foaf-project.org/ FoAF + SSL?]
-* PHP for the front-end implementation language (portability; pretty much all hosting companies support it)
-** Back-end presents an issue; should be easy to install even on a third party host, if possible.
-* Base system
-** Contacts + plugin API
-** Basic (removable) apps installed by default (messaging, etc.)
-* Something on par with Facebook's news feed (which has recently been patented...)?
-* How to authenticate users from remote servers?
-** OpenID?
-** Alternatives?