Migrating to Community-driven Infrastructure
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Introduction
As of January, 18th 2013 the *.maemo.org infrastructure has been completely handed over to the community. This page is intended as a central place where status and other operational information can be gathered.
Inventory
As a first step we try to gather information about the present infrastructure at *.maemo.org and *.meego.com. This "inventory" is intended to provide an overview about all components of the infrastructure as well as to provide information that will later on aid during the actual migration.
Currently the following topics are considered important for the migration:
- Legal Issues (Names, Trademarks, Domain Names, etc.)
- Infrastructure (Web Site, Forum, Wiki, Autobuilder + MeeGo OBS, Mailinglists, Garage, etc.)
- Steering (How do we want to organize ourselves? However, please keep this thread on technical details and discuss political issues in a distinct thread at talk.maemo.org.)
Legal Issues
What is the state about the name "Maemo"?
"... Maemo is currently a registered trademark of Nokia and the domain name is owned by Nokia. Our previous request to transfer the domain name was denied - I don't expect that to change. We have "maemocommunity.org" as a backup. ..." http://talk.maemo.org/showpost.php?p=1226264&postcount=8
Who owns "maemo.org"?
What is needed for the community to run maemo.org?
What are possible legal issues?
What are the costs?
According to the Hildon Foundation it will take approximately $1000 US per month to ensure all of the infrastructure, including professional maintenance, is retained. This being said, if two hundred users are willing to donate $5 per month on a regular basis, we would be able to continue providing the current maemo.org infrastructure.
If you're willing to donate, please visit http://hildonfoundation.org/support/
Alternatives?
"... we can use maemocommunity.org or some other alternative ..." http://talk.maemo.org/showpost.php?p=1226264&postcount=8
What about the personal information of the users?
Parts of the information about users stored in their profiles may be considered personal and therefore protected by law. We should analyze what that personal information may be and what the requirements are for transferring it to the new entity that will assume the operation of the services. Some mechanism for requesting permission from users may have to be used.
Infrastructure
The following table is intended to give a concise and easily perceivable overview of the infrastructure. Please use the next sub-section for providing more detailed information.
| Resource | URL (If Applicable) | Migration Needed (Y/N/NA/Optional) | Contact Person | Alternatives (Short) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maemo Talk | http://talk.maemo.org | Y (Existing posts need to be preserved.) | Reggie | ? |
| Maemo Wiki | http://wiki.maemo.org | Y (Existing entries need to be preserved.) | ? | ? |
| Maemo Garage | https://garage.maemo.org/ | NA / Optional? (Projects can migrate to alternatives themselves?) | X-Fade | github, gitorious |
| Maemo Homepage | http://maemo.org | ? | ? | ? |
| Maemo Autobuilder | ? | ? | X-Fade | Meamo cOBS |
| MeeGo (C)OBS | https://build.pub.meego.com/ | Y, for at least 1 person (plz update) | rzr | Tizen , novel ? |
| Repositories (TODO: Needs to be more detailed.) | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| Voting Infrastructure / Servers | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| Scratchbox | http://scratchbox.org/ | ? | ? | ? |
More Detailed Information
In this sub section more detailed information about the entries in the table can be placed. The intent is to keep the table concise while still being able to have all relevant information at hand.
Maemo Talk
"... It sounds like we will need a vbulletin license to migrate the forum content. If not, we can start all over again with a new forum. ..." http://talk.maemo.org/showpost.php?p=1226264&postcount=8
Possible migration path
"It is indeed, and when the time comes, I will hand off a backup of the forum software, database, and Talkmaster responsibilities to who/where ever the "official" maemo.org will be hosted." http://talk.maemo.org/showpost.php?p=1223262&postcount=32
Scratchbox
Scratchbox is also sponsored by Nokia. (Please verify?) Scratchbox is required for running the Fremantle and Harmattan SDK.