What’s Your StatusNet?

Updates like Identi.ca

Jon Phillips, jon@status.net, @rejon
 Let’s Share Status!
http://identi.ca/rejon
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Your life and
your business
are your own.
Take control of your status.
Need the trust of a Community
effort to make open source status
updating software.
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Need something federated and
scalable beyond one person or
companies efforts.
Status.Net: The Company
 1 Year Old Start-Up
 $1 Million Funding
 Montreal + SF + Global
#REALIDAD
To Support (and take out the trash)
Brion Vibber (Chief Architect)
rejon.org
Status.Net: The Service
#REALIDAD: To Serve
 Global Site: http://identi.ca
 Basic -> Hosted Service
 Intermediate ->extreme service, privacy for
pay
 Advanced -> Install Yourself
 Super-Advanced -> Have Status.Net install
Status.Net: The Software
#REALIDAD: To State
 PHP + MYSQL (LAMP)
 StatusNet is federated
(http://openmicroblogging.org)
 Remote Subscription
Plugins
 Twitter Integration
 Facebook Integration
API
 Twitter API
 Can bridge with twitter, and serve as bi-
directional bridge
Theming
Admin interface (Coming Soon)
Examples
 http://identi.ca/ the original StatusNet site, and
still the largest
 http://status.net/wiki/
List of public sites (add yours!)
 Motorola Using Internally
The Movement:
Autonomo.us
Free Network Services
#REALIDAD: http://autonomo.us
Where are my freedoms?
(1) use, (2) study and adapt
(3) distribute, (4) improve
Solution
Free Sofware + 
Free Network Services
FREE is NOT ENOUGH.

OPP
Terms of Service?
Its my DATA!
We NEED Autonomy.
Franklin Street Declaration
http://autonomo.us/2008/07/franklin-street-statement/
Developers
 
1. Use GNU Affero GPL Software
License
 
2. Create free services to replace
popular non-free alternatives.
 
3. Replace centralized services
with open distributed ones (if
possible).
Service Providers
 
1. Choose Free Software for
services.
 
2. Release customizations to
software
under a Free Software license.
 
3. Allow Data Portability for User's
Data
Users
 
1. Consider Service Options!
 
2. Use services that follow the
Franklin Street Declaration
guidelines
 
3. Spread news about great services!
Get Involved!
 Identi.ca, Your Status Powered by Status.Net
 Sign-Up for your own *.status.net
 Install and Hack on the Software
− http://status.net
Hacker Challenges + Workouts
What’s Your StatusNet?
Updates like Identi.ca
Jon Phillips, jon@status.net