X-Git-Url: https://git.mxchange.org/?p=quix0rs-gnu-social.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=README.md;h=714195d240ad041f33989df357d325df803612c1;hp=0bf73ae44cc051f6156dd38ec7e5829595852cbd;hb=e8d1bb25469fe1ef0cbcb32c3022010997aca4b0;hpb=1111187d845ecd34eba1c03473f6adbc08f6ca15 diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 0bf73ae44c..714195d240 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ -# GNU social 1.1.2 (alpha) -August 2014 +# GNU social 1.1.3 +February 2015-02-27 (c) Free Software Foundation, Inc (c) StatusNet, Inc @@ -41,20 +41,18 @@ XMPP), and specially-designed desktop clients that support the Twitter API. GNU social supports an open standard called -OStatus that lets users in +OStatus that lets users in different networks follow each other. It enables a distributed social network spread all across the Web. -GNU social was originally developed for the -service, Identi.ca . +GNU social was originally developed as "StatusNet" by +StatusNet, Inc. with Evan Prodromou as lead developer. It is shared with you in hope that you too make an service available to your users. To learn more, please see the Open Software Service Definition -1.1: - - http://www.opendefinition.org/ossd +1.1: ### License @@ -82,16 +80,16 @@ License along with this program, in the file "COPYING". If not, see Documentation in the /doc-src/ directory is available under the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported license, with attribution to -"GNU social". See http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ for details. +"GNU social". See for details. CSS and images in the /theme/ directory are available under the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported license, with attribution to -"GNU social". See http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ for details. +"GNU social". See for details. Our understanding and intention is that if you add your own theme that uses only CSS and images, those files are not subject to the copyleft requirements of the Affero General Public License 3.0. See -http://wordpress.org/news/2009/07/themes-are-gpl-too/ . This is not +. This is not legal advice; consult your lawyer. Additional library software has been made available in the 'extlib' @@ -102,13 +100,15 @@ for additional terms. ## New this version -This is a security fix and bug fix release since 1.1.1-alpha2. -The current release base version, 1.1.2, began work on 2014-10-25. -All 1.1.1 sites should upgrade to this version. +This is a security fix and bug fix release since 1.1.3-beta2. +All 1.1.x sites should upgrade to this version. So far it includes the following changes: -- XSS security fix (thanks Simon Waters, https://www.surevine.com/ ) +- XSS security fix (thanks Simon Waters, ) +- Many improvements to ease adoption of the Qvitter front-end +- Protocol adaptions for improved performance and stability +- Backing up a user's account now appears to work as it should Upgrades from _StatusNet_ 1.1.1 will also experience these improvements: @@ -156,14 +156,14 @@ To keep it up-to-date, use 'git pull'. Watch for conflicts! There are several ways to get more information about GNU social. -* The #social IRC channel on freenode.net . -* The GNU social website -* Following us on GNU social -- http://quitter.se/gnusocial +* The #social IRC channel on freenode.net . +* The unofficial XMPP room linked to IRC on +* The GNU social website +* Following us on GNU social -- * GNU social has a bug tracker for any defects you may find, or ideas for - making things better. http://bugz.foocorp.net/ -* Patches are welcome, either on the bug tracker or our repository at - Gitorious. https://gitorious.org/social/mainline + making things better. +* Patches are welcome, preferrably to our repository on Gitorious. Credits ======= @@ -223,6 +223,7 @@ Thanks to all of the StatusNet developers: * James Walker, StatusNet, Inc. * Samantha Doherty, designer, StatusNet, Inc. * Simon Waters, Surevine +* Joshua Judson Rosen (rozzin) ### Extra special thanks to the GNU socialites