Great :) let me know how it goes. And sorry, I misspoke - on the allthatiswrong-page it is thoroughly described, I don't know if there is a specific page on opencouchsurfing.
> Ah, wow. Thanks. I'm definitely going to get behind this then [= > > Can you link me to the specific page on OpenCourSurfing where they > describe > how impractical it would be to make CouchSurfing free software? > > On Thu, Feb 17, 2011 at 06:30, Jan-Christoph Borchardt < > jancborcha...@fsfe.org> wrote: > >> More reasons are at: >> http://allthatiswrong.wordpress.com/2010/01/24/a-criticism-of-couchsurfing-and-review-of-alternatives/#problems >> >> On OpenCouchSurfing it is described how it isn't trivial to make >> CouchSurfing free software. And after all, the only real advantage I >> currently see over BeWelcome is the size of the community - which we can >> all >> help to change. >> >> >> >> >> "sarvōdaya" <danny.picciri...@member.fsf.org> wrote: >>> >>> I can't decide to be happy or sad. On one hand, this is great, but on >>> the >>> other hand, CouchSurfing should be free software. IIRC, the only reason >>> it >>> isn't is because the people in charge are anarchists (which is great) >>> *but* >>> they are afraid of making their software free because it can then be >>> exploited for profit. >>> >>> If anyone knows more, i'd love to know the details! >>> >>> On Wed, Feb 16, 2011 at 21:21, Jan-Christoph Borchardt < >>> jancborcha...@fsfe.org> wrote: >>> >>>> I may be a little bit late to the party (to have it being used for the >>>> conference), but for everyone of you over on CouchSurfing: >>>> >>>> BeWelcome is a free and open source alternative to that. It has way >>>> fewer >>>> members but a great design - which are both reasons you should really >>>> check >>>> it out at http://bewelcome.org >>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Discuss mailing list >>>> Discuss@freeculture.org >>>> http://lists.freeculture.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss >>>> FAQ: http://wiki.freeculture.org/Fc-discuss >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> .sarvōdaya >>> >>> [𝄽#] The Silent Number >>> http://thesilentnumber.me/ >>> ☮♥Ⓐ >>> >> > > > -- > .sarvōdaya > > [𝄽#] The Silent Number > http://thesilentnumber.me/ > ☮♥Ⓐ > _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list Discuss@freeculture.org http://lists.freeculture.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss FAQ: http://wiki.freeculture.org/Fc-discuss
