[Trisquel-users] StatusNet, Identi.ca, and another blow to the AGPL

[tegskywalker]

Identi.ca is popular with the free software crowd because it is based on  
StatusNet, an Affero GPLv3 based micro blogging software like Twitter.  
Trisquel has an account there and it is very active.

I recently read a story at  
http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/StatusNet-transforms-into-Node-js-driven-pump-io-1771646.html  
about how the owner of StatusNet is ceasing development of the software and  
that the existing Identi.ca accounts will be migrated over to their new  
platform, Pump.io.

When I was looking for top software that used the Affero GPLv3 license,  
StatusNet was one I could count on one hand and now that is being phased out.  
Even more, when the transition to Pump.io happens, the new software will be  
licensed under Apache 2.0.

I know that Apache 2.0 is free software and all that, but as more software is  
moving to "the cloud" and/or software as a service (SaaS), none are really  
adapting the Affero GPL license. Maybe people like the StatusNet owner see  
the Apache license as a way to get more corporate support and put more money  
into his company, e14n.

What will you do when Identi.ca goes away? Are you going to use Pump.io  
instead?