From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: ng0 Subject: Re: Idea: setting up a company [formerly 'ethical hosting' [formerly mailman service (free for FOSS projects)]] Date: Thu, 20 Apr 2017 08:52:11 +0000 Message-ID: <20170420085211.jjxnnukywwpzqn7z@abyayala> References: <20170418102336.GA19486@mail.thebird.nl> <20170418111814.xouioj2dron7woqg@abyayala> <20170418175926.GA21415@mail.thebird.nl> <20170418181141.s6uwtll2fyvbwixj@abyayala> <20170418185024.GA21618@mail.thebird.nl> <87r30okszn.fsf@gnu.org> <20170420060104.GA361@mail.thebird.nl> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:43256) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1d17p8-00065z-7l for guix-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 20 Apr 2017 04:52:23 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1d17p5-0004LK-3x for guix-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 20 Apr 2017 04:52:22 -0400 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20170420060104.GA361@mail.thebird.nl> List-Id: "Development of GNU Guix and the GNU System distribution." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: guix-devel-bounces+gcggd-guix-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: "Guix-devel" To: Pjotr Prins Cc: guix-devel Pjotr Prins transcribed 1.3K bytes: > > For the record, YunoHost develops such a Web interface that allows > > people to select services to run on their machine: > >=20 > > https://yunohost.org/ > >=20 > > It=E2=80=99s designed to drive a Debian system, but I guess making so= mething > > similar for GuixSD would be easier. We could have Exim, Mailman, > > MediaGoblin, and all that! > >=20 > > > No consulting required unless something goes wrong. So we need to > > > probably factor in monitoring and minimal support for paying client= s. > >=20 > > Heh, sounds like a plan. :-) > >=20 > > Thanks for the brainstorming session! >=20 > Now I have a crazy idea. I propose to set up a company that targets > 'ethical hosting'. We'll design that company to be fair. Every step > will happen online and anyone can participate. It will be both an > experiment - as a company, an opportunity for people to earn and give > back, and a guide for geeks to set up their own. This is an > interesting age with people working from different countries on FOSS > projects, funding schemes like crowd sourcing, and plenty ideas. What > seems to be missing is is a guide for individuals to start up. Yeah, that was exactly my impression when I've started looking into what I'm doing, although not with the very same motivation or goal. Like I told you offlist, we could use the gnunet.org mumble server to shape the idea(s) and solve questions like funding etc. > I have been much inspired by Pieter Hintjens, one of the FOSDEM > organizers who sadly passed away last year. You can still read his > BLOG online and see what I mean. >=20 > Do you think we can create a Guix-based business? I do. I am willing > to take the lead. >=20 > Pj. > --=20 >=20 --=20 PGP and more: https://people.pragmatique.xyz/ng0/