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Conversations, my federated instant messaging client for Android, started out as many traditional open-source projects do: as an attempt to scratch my own itch. Development started in January 2014 in my student dormitory, and within weeks I started dogfooding and using the client as the primary means of communicating with my friends. However, when it came to releasing the app to the public on March 24, 2014—exactly twelve and a half years ago today—it was immediately clear to me that I would at least try to turn my open-source project into a business. While I didn’t invent the business model of making the source code publicly available but charging for the convenience of a compiled binary, it was certainly unusual in 2014.

In voller Länge: Die tolle Pausenmusik, die zwischen den Vorträgen auf dem Stream des 28c3 (und soweit ich gehört habe auch auf den früheren Kongressen) gespielt wurde. Titel: Machine Lullaby 1 Int...

Warum Open Source ohne Föderation nicht reicht, was XMPP heute bietet und wie der Weg zu XMPP 2.0 aussieht. Beim Thema digitale Unabhäng...