Re: Libravatar

[Alexandre Franke <afranke gnome org>]

On Fri, Jun 9, 2017 at 5:03 PM, Tirifto <tirifto posteo cz> wrote:
> Hello all!

Hi,

> I've noticed that one can set their profile picture on Damned Lies via
> Gravatar, which is a non-free service. I thought that GNOME should also
> offer this possibility via Libravatar, which is a free (as in freedom)
> tool similar to Gravatar. See the link below.
>
> https://www.libravatar.org/
>
> GNOME itself is a free software and GNU project, so I believe it would
> be natural and appropriate for it to prefer free solutions, such as
> Libravatar. It could be an option alongside Gravatar, since outright
> replacing it might break the existing profile pictures. It looks like
> implementing support should be very simple though; see this page on the
> API (based on Gravatar's).
>
> https://wiki.libravatar.org/api/
>
> What does everyone think of this? I made a bug report on the subject
> (see the link below), but it looks like some feedback and discussion
> from this list would be appropriate.

I don’t use gravatar because it is non free and centralised. I saw
libravatar a long time ago and I think it is a good thing. I haven’t
installed my own instance yet because sadly I don’t know of any site
that I use that supports it, but if Damned lies supports I will
definitely look into hosting my own instance.

Cheers,

-- 
Alexandre Franke
GNOME Hacker & Foundation Director