-------- Forwarded Message -------- Subject: [Inkscape-user] looking for a forum host Date: Tue, 4 Oct 2016 17:45:17 -0600 From: brynn <brynn@...3133...> Reply-To: Inkscape User Community inkscape-user@lists.sourceforge.net To: Inkscape User Community inkscape-user@lists.sourceforge.net
Hi Friends, As some of you know, a small committee has been investigating the possibility of creating a new "official" Inkscape forum. All along, we've been pretty much expecting that OSUOSL would host it for us (since they already host our website and wiki). However, after an initial request (nearly 6 weeks ago), an updated request (~10 days later), and a 3rd contact (which was just last week) we still have no response from them. Assuming they would notify us, even if the answer is 'no', we think they are probably still working on it, and have not made a decision yet. But we're starting to think the answer might well be 'no', and we're starting to research about other ways to host this forum. So we want to tap the resources of the whole community, and ask if anyone knows of any either open-source-friendly webhost besides OSUOSL, or maybe some kind of program which might pay hosting fees for an open source project (in the event we can't find a free host). Note that the so-called "free webhosting" sites would probably not be acceptable, since they usually accomplish making it free, by loading the site up with advertising. One idea which might be feasible, is setting up some kind of crowd funding, to create the capital for some kind of money-market fund or something like a trust, whose income would pay the monthly fee. The reason why it's such a big "might" is because it would take some time for this fund to reach the point where it could cover the fees (and we hope to get the forum online much sooner than that would take). I've offered, and I'm sure a lot of people in the community might volunteer to pay or help to pay the fees. But that puts us in a similar situation which we're trying to remedy with this effort (i.e. a single owner potentially disappearing). I would consider this to be a last resort. Has anyone heard of any webhost that might meet our needs; or maybe some kind of program which would pay the hosting fees?
Thank you very much, brynn (for the committee)
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Le 2016-10-05 08:19, brynn a écrit :
-------- Forwarded Message -------- Subject: [Inkscape-user] looking for a forum host Date: Tue, 4 Oct 2016 17:45:17 -0600 From: brynn <brynn@...3133...> Reply-To: Inkscape User Community inkscape-user@lists.sourceforge.net To: Inkscape User Community inkscape-user@lists.sourceforge.net
Hi Friends, As some of you know, a small committee has been investigating the possibility of creating a new "official" Inkscape forum. All along, we've been pretty much expecting that OSUOSL would host it for us (since they already host our website and wiki). However, after an initial request (nearly 6 weeks ago), an updated request (~10 days later), and a 3rd contact (which was just last week) we still have no response from them. Assuming they would notify us, even if the answer is 'no', we think they are probably still working on it, and have not made a decision yet. But we're starting to think the answer might well be 'no', and we're starting to research about other ways to host this forum. So we want to tap the resources of the whole community, and ask if anyone knows of any either open-source-friendly webhost besides OSUOSL, or maybe some kind of program which might pay hosting fees for an open source project (in the event we can't find a free host). Note that the so-called "free webhosting" sites would probably not be acceptable, since they usually accomplish making it free, by loading the site up with advertising. One idea which might be feasible, is setting up some kind of crowd funding, to create the capital for some kind of money-market fund or something like a trust, whose income would pay the monthly fee. The reason why it's such a big "might" is because it would take some time for this fund to reach the point where it could cover the fees (and we hope to get the forum online much sooner than that would take). I've offered, and I'm sure a lot of people in the community might volunteer to pay or help to pay the fees. But that puts us in a similar situation which we're trying to remedy with this effort (i.e. a single owner potentially disappearing). I would consider this to be a last resort. Has anyone heard of any webhost that might meet our needs; or maybe some kind of program which would pay the hosting fees?
Thank you very much, brynn (for the committee)
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Hi to all. Maybe a mail for nothing, but:
I think sourceforge.net is hosted by Illiad S.A.S, an ISP (formerly know as "Free" in France). they maybe could help you, the "Freeboxes" (their routers) use Linux and free software.
google translation from this: http://www.iliad.fr/amf/2010/documentdereference2009.pdf
<<It also hosts and provides fifty servers for various associations including APRIL (Association for Promotion and Research in Libre Computing) TuxFamily.org, Central Networks, Linux62, the APINC (Association for Internet NonCommercial), the AFAU (French Association Usenet amateur) OxyRadio (associative radio which promotes artists who have chosen the free dissemination of their works on the Internet). As part of aid to the distribution of free software, the Free Corporate Foundation has set up HTTP and FTP sites mirror for software (Linux Ubuntu, Debian Linux, FreeBSD, Videolan) and ensures the French hosting site SourceForge projects. With more than 250,000 projects and 2,000,000 of registered users, the Sourceforge site is the largest collection of OpenSource applications available on the internet.>>
May it can help you/us :)
Oh, thank you tuxun!
We may well hear from OSUOSL eventually, but I feel better having at least one potential option.
brynn
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On 10/5/2016 1:04 AM, Tuxun wrote:
Le 2016-10-05 08:19, brynn a écrit :
-------- Forwarded Message -------- Subject: [Inkscape-user] looking for a forum host Date: Tue, 4 Oct 2016 17:45:17 -0600 From: brynn <brynn@...3133... mailto:brynn@...3133...> Reply-To: Inkscape User Community <inkscape-user@lists.sourceforge.net mailto:inkscape-user@lists.sourceforge.net> To: Inkscape User Community <inkscape-user@lists.sourceforge.net mailto:inkscape-user@lists.sourceforge.net>
Hi Friends, As some of you know, a small committee has been investigating the possibility of creating a new "official" Inkscape forum. All along, we've been pretty much expecting that OSUOSL would host it for us (since they already host our website and wiki). However, after an initial request (nearly 6 weeks ago), an updated request (~10 days later), and a 3rd contact (which was just last week) we still have no response from them. Assuming they would notify us, even if the answer is 'no', we think they are probably still working on it, and have not made a decision yet. But we're starting to think the answer might well be 'no', and we're starting to research about other ways to host this forum. So we want to tap the resources of the whole community, and ask if anyone knows of any either open-source-friendly webhost besides OSUOSL, or maybe some kind of program which might pay hosting fees for an open source project (in the event we can't find a free host). Note that the so-called "free webhosting" sites would probably not be acceptable, since they usually accomplish making it free, by loading the site up with advertising. One idea which might be feasible, is setting up some kind of crowd funding, to create the capital for some kind of money-market fund or something like a trust, whose income would pay the monthly fee. The reason why it's such a big "might" is because it would take some time for this fund to reach the point where it could cover the fees (and we hope to get the forum online much sooner than that would take). I've offered, and I'm sure a lot of people in the community might volunteer to pay or help to pay the fees. But that puts us in a similar situation which we're trying to remedy with this effort (i.e. a single owner potentially disappearing). I would consider this to be a last resort. Has anyone heard of any webhost that might meet our needs; or maybe some kind of program which would pay the hosting fees?
Thank you very much, brynn (for the committee)
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Hi to all. Maybe a mail for nothing, but:
I think sourceforge.net is hosted by Illiad S.A.S, an ISP (formerly know as "Free" in France). they maybe could help you, the "Freeboxes" (their routers) use Linux and free software.
google translation from this: http://www.iliad.fr/amf/2010/documentdereference2009.pdf
<<It also hosts and provides fifty servers for various associations including APRIL (Association for Promotion and Research in Libre Computing) TuxFamily.org, Central Networks, Linux62, the APINC (Association for Internet NonCommercial), the AFAU (French Association Usenet amateur) OxyRadio (associative radio which promotes artists who have chosen the free dissemination of their works on the Internet). As part of aid to the distribution of free software, the Free Corporate Foundation has set up HTTP and FTP sites mirror for software (Linux Ubuntu, Debian Linux, FreeBSD, Videolan) and ensures the French hosting site SourceForge projects. With more than 250,000 projects and 2,000,000 of registered users, the Sourceforge site is the largest collection of OpenSource applications available on the internet.>>
May it can help you/us :)
Hi Brynn,
I'm quite sure Tux Family (https://www.tuxfamily.org/en/about) would accept to host the forum. They already host our inkscape-fr.org minimal website and provide us some disk to share Windows dev. archives. And they are very friendly and usually answer very quickly ;)
Regards, -- Nicolas
Oh wow! I was worried this would be "mission impossible". But now 3 potential options....well, probably really 2. But still good to know about!
Thanks Nicolas
On 10/6/2016 12:17 AM, Nicolas Dufour wrote:
Hi Brynn,
I'm quite sure Tux Family (https://www.tuxfamily.org/en/about) would accept to host the forum. They already host our inkscape-fr.org minimal website and provide us some disk to share Windows dev. archives. And they are very friendly and usually answer very quickly ;)
Regards,
Nicolas
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