Difference between revisions of "Crowd funding/Sugar Network"

Latest revision as of 14:19, 23 January 2022

Disclaimer

The content of this page is not legally endorsed by or affiliated with Sugar Labs Inc. This is a private initiative of people who take part in the project.

What is this page about

This is a crowd funding initiative to support Sugar Network development process. It is intended to be an access point for people who want to donate funds to development team to continue working on implementation.

This page should answer on the following questions:

Who we are?
What we are working on?
How you can help us to continue working?
How to track the overall progress to see if your help is needed?

Why Wiki page?

Wiki page is an intermediate solution until more appropriate model will be found; right now, it will let team working;
Development team is spread world wide (the same for possible donators) and it is not obvious how to handle donations in such case;
We are looking for more sustainable and common model that is being discussed on Sugar Labs Oversight Board level.

The project

In short, Sugar Network is a system (software and infrastructure) to let people share different types of content, support collaborative work on that content, do that regardless the Internet connectivity.

To learn more about the Sugar Network, consult the following pages:

The plan is working on the 1.0 version during the 2012 year. For detailed information see Harmonic Distribution Roadmap and TODO pages. To track for intermediate releases, add release page to your watch list. To monitor development commits, subscribe to Gitorious project's feed. To try current development version, follow the instructions.

The important note for possible donators, this page is requesting to support development process (literally, writing the code) of community software project which is named "Sugar Network"'. At the same time, such systems require downstream deployment work to make it useful for people in the field. Such deployment work is less predictable and rather important for organizations (like education ministries or Sugar distributors) then for personal donators. Look for Red Azúcar for details.

The product

Red Azúcar is a downstream solution based on Sugar Network and is intended to be a "final product" to bring Sugar Network to people in the field. It is being created within the Sugar Labs Peru By the Research and Development Team "Somos Azúcar". Most of the work is different to Sugar Network development process. In technical aspects, the focus is shifting to deployment rather than development. In non technical aspects, Red Azúcar is taking care about populating Sugar Network content with materials useful for local people, work with educators and state people, etc. Sugar Network developers also take part in Red Azúcar, but obviously, Red Azúcar involves much more people and requires more resources to work on.

Please, consult the following pages if you are looking for a way to support Red Azúcar:

You can also send a contact request email to malla AT somosazucar.org the Sugar Labs Peru Oversight Board.

Development team

The development team consists of the following people (in alphabetical order):

~~Aleksey Lim~~ Got funding.

Location: Russia, Rubtsovsk

Brief intro: see a short bio; Sugar Labs contributor since 2008

Role in project: server side and client library

Spend time: full time working on the project

Laura Vargas

Location: Bogotá, Colombia

Brief intro: Research and Development at SomosAZUCAR.Org since 2009

Role in project: UI Designer

Spend time: split time to work on Red Azúcar, downstream product

Sebastian Silva

Location: Ancón, Perú

Brief intro: See member profile. Sugar Labs contributor since 2008

Role in project: webui client developer

Spend time: split time to work on Red Azúcar, downstream product

Overall progress

Sugar Network development process is started since the end of 2011. It will continue being developed until implementing 1.0 version (further development will depend on feedback gotten during the implementation process) in any case. The only thing is how much time developers can spend on implementation. And, here we are looking for your help.

Accepted / Requested
4900$/9000$

The Requested sum is calculated from gentle minimal per developer per month, which is ~500$ multiplied by number of developers (3) and number of months remained in 2012. The Accepted sum might grow due to reasons like personal sources developers found, donations from this page, or, funding gotten by Red Azúcar. The overhead will go to support Red Azúcar.

How to donate

Send an email to ~~alsroot@sugarlabs.org,~~ laura@somosazucar.org and sebastian@somosazucar.org to get in contact with the team.

Donations

Juan Camilo Lema, 1000$
Aleksey Lim, 1500$
Bernie Innocent, 2400$

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 == Disclaimer ==
-The content of this page is not officially endorsed by or affiliated with Sugar Labs or the Software Freedom Conservancy. This is a private initiative of [[#Development team|people]] who take part in the project.
+The content of this page is not legally endorsed by or affiliated with Sugar Labs Inc. This is a private initiative of [[#Development team|people]] who take part in the project.
 == What is this page about ==
-This is a [[wikipedia:Crowd_funding|crowd funding]] initiative to support [[#The project|Sugar Network]] development process. It is intended to be an access point for people who want to donate funds to [[#Development team|development team]] to continue working on implementation.
+This is a [[wikipedia:Crowd_funding|crowd funding]] initiative to support [[#The project|Sugar Network]] development process. It is intended to be an access point for people who want to donate funds to [[#Development team|development team]] to continue working on [[Harmonic_Distribution/1.0/Roadmap|implementation]].
 This page should answer on the following questions:
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 * [[#Development team|Who we are?]]
 * [[#The project|What we are working on?]]
-* [[#Roadmap|How long we are going to work on?]]
 * [[#How to donate|How you can help us to continue working?]]
 * [[#Overall progress|How to track the overall progress to see if your help is needed?]]
@@ Line 31: / Line 30: @@
 * [[Platform_Team/Sugar_Network|technical pages]].
-The important note for possible donators, this page is requesting to support development process (literally, writing the code) of community software project which is named ''"Sugar Network"'''. At the same time, such systems require downstream deployment work to make it useful for people in the field. Such deployment work is less predictable and rather important for organizations (like education ministries or Sugar distributors) then for personal donators.
+The plan is working on the 1.0 version during the 2012 year. For detailed information see [[Harmonic Distribution]] [[Harmonic_Distribution/1.0/Roadmap|Roadmap]] and [[Harmonic_Distribution/1.0/Todo#Intermediate_releases|TODO]] pages. To track for intermediate releases, add [[Harmonic_Distribution/1.0/Roadmap|release page]] to your watch list. To monitor development commits, subscribe to [http://git.sugarlabs.org/network Gitorious project]'s [http://git.sugarlabs.org/network.atom feed]. To try current development version, follow the [[Sugar_Network#Try_it|instructions]].
+The important note for possible donators, this page is requesting to support development process (literally, writing the code) of community software project which is named ''"Sugar Network"'''. At the same time, such systems require downstream deployment work to make it useful for people in the field. Such deployment work is less predictable and rather important for organizations (like education ministries or Sugar distributors) then for personal donators. Look for [[#The product|Red Azúcar]] for details.
 === The product ===
-Red Azúcar is a downstream solution based on Sugar Network and is intended to be a ''"final product"'' to bring Sugar Network to people in the field. It is being created within the Sugar Labs Peru. Most of the work is different to Sugar Network development process. In technical aspects, the focus is shifting to deployment rather than development. In non technical aspects, Red Azúcar is taking care about populating Sugar Network content with materials useful for local people, work with educators and state people, etc. Sugar Network developers also take part in Red Azúcar, but obviously, Red Azúcar involves much more people and requires more resources to work on.
+Red Azúcar is a downstream solution based on Sugar Network and is intended to be a ''"final product"'' to bring Sugar Network to people in the field. It is being created within the Sugar Labs Peru By the Research and Development Team "Somos Azúcar". Most of the work is different to Sugar Network development process. In technical aspects, the focus is shifting to deployment rather than development. In non technical aspects, Red Azúcar is taking care about populating Sugar Network content with materials useful for local people, work with educators and state people, etc. Sugar Network developers also take part in Red Azúcar, but obviously, Red Azúcar involves much more people and requires more resources to work on.
 Please, consult the following pages if you are looking for a way to support Red Azúcar:
-* ''???''
+* [http://pe.sugarlabs.org/go/Proyecto_Piloto_Hexoquinasa Red Azúcar: Proyecto Piloto Hexoquinasa]
+* [http://somosazucar.org/2010/05/01/presentacion-proyecto-malla/ Red Azúcar: Proyecto Malla]
-== Roadmap ==
-The plan is working on the 1.0 version during the 2012 year. For detailed information, see [[Platform_Team/Harmonic_Distribution|Harmonic Distribution]]'s overall [[Platform_Team/Harmonic_Distribution/1.0/Roadmap|roadmap]].
+You can also send a contact request email to malla AT somosazucar.org the Sugar Labs Peru Oversight Board.
 == Development team ==
@@ Line 49: / Line 49: @@
 The development team consists of the following people (in alphabetical order):
-* [[User:alsroot|Aleksey Lim]]
+* <strike>[[User:alsroot|Aleksey Lim]]</strike> Got funding.
 : Location: Russia, Rubtsovsk
 : Brief intro: see a [[User:Alsroot#Hi|short bio]]; Sugar Labs contributor since 2008
@@ Line 56: / Line 56: @@
 * [[User:Laura_Vargas|Laura Vargas]]
-: Location: ''???''
+: Location: Bogotá, Colombia
-: Brief intro: ''???''
+: Brief intro: Research and Development at SomosAZUCAR.Org since 2009
-: Role in project: webui client; ''???''
+: Role in project: UI Designer
 : Spend time: split time to work on [[#The product|Red Azúcar]], downstream product
-* [[User:icarito|Sebastian Silva]]
+* [[User:Sebastian|Sebastian Silva]]
-: Location: ''???''
+: Location: Ancón, Perú
-: Brief intro: ''???''
+: Brief intro: See [[User:Sebastian|member profile]]. Sugar Labs contributor since 2008
-: Role in project: webui client; ''???''
+: Role in project: webui client developer
 : Spend time: split time to work on [[#The product|Red Azúcar]], downstream product
 == Overall progress ==
-Sugar Network development process is started since the end of the 2011 year. It will continue being developed until implementing 1.0 version (further development will depend on feedback gotten during the implementation process) in any case. The only thing is how much time developers can spend on implementation. And, here we are looking for your help.
+Sugar Network development process is started since the end of 2011. It will continue being developed until implementing 1.0 version (further development will depend on feedback gotten during the implementation process) in any case. The only thing is how much time developers can spend on implementation. And, here we are looking for your help.
-If the following sum is less than zero, it says how much funds developers are expecting to gather to fulfill project's [[#Roadmap|roadmap]] in time. Zero mean that developers got what they were requesting for and have everything to complete project in time. More than zero means there is an overhead that will go to support [[#The product|Red Azúcar]]. The initial amount is calculated from gentle minimal per developer per month, which is ~500$ multiplied by number of developers (3) and number of months remained in 2012.
 {| class="wikitable" border="1"
 |-
-! scope="col" | '''Sum'''
+! scope="col" | '''Accepted / Requested'''
 |-
-| style="text-align: center; height: 75px" bgcolor="lightgreen" | <span style="font-size: 36pt;">+∞</span>
+| style="text-align: center; height: 65px" bgcolor="lightgreen" | <span style="font-size: 20pt;">4900$/9000$</span>
 |-
 |}
-The sum might grow due to the following reasons:
+The ''Requested'' sum is calculated from gentle minimal per developer per month, which is ~500$ multiplied by number of developers (3) and number of months remained in 2012. The ''Accepted'' sum might grow due to reasons like personal sources developers found, donations from this page, or, funding gotten by [[#The product|Red Azúcar]]. The overhead will go to support [[#The product|Red Azúcar]].
-* personal sources developers found,
-* donations from this page,
-* funding gotten by [[#The product|Red Azúcar]],
-* developers won in lottery.
 == How to donate ==
-''???''
+Send an email to <strike>alsroot@sugarlabs.org,</strike> laura@somosazucar.org and sebastian@somosazucar.org to get in contact with the team.
 == Donations ==
-''???''
+* Juan Camilo Lema, 1000$
+* Aleksey Lim, 1500$
+* Bernie Innocent, 2400$