[Freedombox-discuss] Sukey

Heddle Weaver weaver2world at gmail.com
Sat Jun 18 20:30:43 UTC 2011


On 19 June 2011 04:13, Nicolás Reynolds <fauno at kiwwwi.com.ar> wrote:

> El 18/06/11 01:26, Robinson Tryon dijo:
> > On Sat, Jun 18, 2011 at 12:30 PM, Nicolás Reynolds <fauno at kiwwwi.com.ar>
> > wrote:
> > > I just found out about this: "Sukey - Keeping demonstrators safe,
> mobile
> > > & informed" http://sukey.org/
> > >
> >
> > * The name comes from a nursery rhyme:
> > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3-nAVG2tIvA * Pronunciation appears to be
> > [su'ki]
> >
> > > I don't think it was mentioned here before, but it looks interesting
> for
> > > the FreedomBox, since they're releasing it under AGPL.
> > >
> >
> > I appreciate the fact that they're releasing the code under the AGPL
> (v3),
> > however I'm not sure how compatible their development strategy will be
> with
> > a project like FreedomBox.
> >
> > Regarding the question "Why don't you release the code?", their response
> was:
> >
> > | "It has always been our plan to make the code open | source. Security
> is
> > paramount and we feel it would benefit | from being released to the
> public
> > after each protest."
> >
> > Sounds a bit like security-through-obscurity?
> >
> > | "Our current plan is to release the code then start working on | Sukey
> 2 in
> > a private fork, while allowing community to beef up | the code from last
> > time. We feel this will maximize both security | and openness."
> >
> > Why the split between the two groups? This has the appearance of
> development
> > at a corporation with an internal team vs. the community, which I'm
> hoping is
> > not their intention.
> >
> > If they're interested in open development, I'd hope that they would do
> more
> > than just toss old versions of the code over the wall for the community
> to
> > nibble on.
> >
> > Maybe there's some useful stuff that the FreedomBox project could glean
> from
> > the code dumps, but I'd be reticent about partnering with a project that
> > approaches software development with such a different interpretation of
> > "openness" and such different view of the role of the community.
>
> Yeah, that's definitely weird... :|
>
> But if we can pick from the AGPLed code we can show them better.
>

That's the way to go.
They require permission from the police?
And the transcript is edited?
Do the coders wear uniforms?
Let's get a little bit real here!

Encryption is good.
But who owns the key?
Regards,

Weaver.
-- 

Religion is regarded by the common people as true,
by the wise as false,
and by the rulers as useful.

— Lucius Annæus Seneca.

Terrorism, the new religion.
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