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Working at https://blueskyweb.xyz/ on atproto (a federated social media protocol). Formerly built https://scholar.archive.org; scientific instrumentation for observational cosmology; open hardware
#seattle
free software folks: what design/org patterns are there for publishing community software to mainstream app stores these days?
eg, is there an umbrella org/institution that publishes free software apps to the app stores, on behalf of community projects?
could be an org like ASF.
I'm not asking about alternative app stores, or alternative mobile OS. i'm asking about Google Play Store and Apple App Store for mainstream users with un-modified/un-configured devices.
@paul_ipv6@infosec.exchange @FinchHaven@sfba.social our understanding is that the IETF community would *not* want to take on a giant stack of protocol components all at once. we think bringing the pieces which fit well in that venue, starting small to get established, is the best path foward.
if you are interested we have an broad overview I-D:
https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-newbold-at-architecture/
and an I-D covering the parts we would charter to bring first:
https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-holmgren-at-repository/
we have a BoF coming up in Montreal