[Israel.pm] [TelFOSS] Announcement: "Fring Open Source Apps" on 31-May-2009

[Tzafrir Cohen]

On Sun, May 10, 2009 at 10:57:02PM +0300, Oron Peled wrote:

> Thanks. While these services are not my cup of tea, whenever Twitter
> is mentioned, please note there's an open-source alternative:
> 
>  http://identi.ca   (identica)
> 
> Which uses the FOSS software:
> 
>  http://laconi.ca/trac (laconica)
> 
> (e.g: any person/group may set up their own private group service
>  using the same tools/technologies as the "big-boys" without being
>  second-class citizens that get "permission" to use some API's at
>  the choice of the current social networking hot-shot).

While the software itself counts, it's the data that really matters with
such a web service.

Is it possible to replicate their data? To interconnect with them?

(Their FAQ states that yes. I'd like to get a practical answer)

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