Re: Support for launching the FSF forge

[Ian Kelling]

Karl-Philipp Richter <address@hidden> writes:

> Hi,
> Please let me know if there's any support I can provide in getting the
> FSF forge or a proof of concept up and running. I have experience in
> software development and operations of SAAS web platforms. I have no
> experience in working strictly with free software only, it seems like a
> feasible challenge and good experience to me, though.
>
> I'm not so well suited to evaluate the compliance of existing
> applications with the FSF guidelines, though. I'm however following the
> development on https://libreplanet.org/wiki/Fsf_2019_forge_evaluation.
>
> I'm addressing you on this list because it was recommended on
> https://www.fsf.org/blogs/sysadmin/coming-soon-a-new-site-for-fully-free-collaboration.
> I'm not sure about the connection between the conference LibrePlanet and
> the project to setup the forge. Kindly redirect me if this the wrong
> place for my offer.
>
> My motivation is to finally/even faster be able to contribute to free
> software projects which are using mailing lists and lack appropriate
> tools for collaboration on software development.
>
> Best regards
> Kalle Richter

Thank you very much for the offer. This is the right place. We are still
in the evaluation phase, so definitely will be seeking a lot more help
once we do decide. Do you have experience with system administration of
GNU/Linux? Debian based systems? Trisquel 9? Ansible? python?

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