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{{Infobox software
|name                       = Kune
|logo                       = [[Image:Kune-logo.svg|200px]]
|screenshot                 = [[Image:Concurrent-edit-and-chat.png|300px]]
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|collapsible                =
|author                     = [[Comunes Collective]]
|developer                  = [[Comunes Collective]], IEPALA Foundation
(contracted; show full)ón libre para grupos|url=http://www.meneame.net/story/presentando-proyecto-kune-redes-sociales-colaboracion-libre|language= Spanish|accessdate=28 August 2011|newspaper=Menéame (Spanish Digg)|date=23 August 2011}}</ref>. It aims to allow the creation of online spaces of collaborative work, where organizations and individuals can build projects online, coordinate common agendas, set up virtual meetings, publish in the web, and join organizations with similar interests. It has a special focus on [[Free 
culture movement|Free Culture]] and [[social movements]] needs.

== Technical details ==

Kune is programmed using the [[Java]]-based [[Google Web Toolkit|GWT]] in the client-side, integrating [[Apache Wave]] (former [[Google Wave]]) and using mainly the open protocols [[XMPP]] and [[Wave Federation Protocol]]. GWT Java sources in the client side generates [[Code obfuscation|obfuscated]] and deeply optimized [[JavaScript]] conforming a [[single page application]]. Wave extensions (gadgets, bots) run on top of Kune (as in [[Faceb(contracted; show full)

== Philosophy ==

Kune was born in order to face a growing concern from the community behind it. Nowadays, groups (a group of friends, activists, a NGO, a small start-up) that need to work together typically will use multiple [[Free like beer|free (like beer)]] commercial centralized for-profit services (e.g. [[Google Docs]], [[Google Groups]], [[Facebook]], [[Wordpress.com]], [[Dropbox
 (service)|Dropbox]], [[Flickr]], [[eBay]] ...) in order to communicate and collaborate online. However, "If You're Not Paying for It; You're the Product". In order to avoid that, such groups of users may ask a technical expert to build them mailing lists, a webpage and maybe to set up a [[etherpad]]. However, technicians are need for any new list (as they cannot configure e.g. [[GNU Mailman]]), configuration change, etc, creating a strong dependency and ultimately a bottle-neck <ref>{{cite web|title=Kune 0.0.9 published (codename “15M”)|url=http://kune.ourproject.org/2011/08/kune-0-0-9-published-codename-15m/|accessdate=12 April 2012|publisher = Kune Blog|date=4 August 2011}}</ref>. 

Kune aims to cover all those needs of groups to communicate and collaborate together, in an usable way and thus without depending on technical experts
<ref>{{cite news|title=Software libre, hardware libre, ¿servicios libres?|url=http://libertonia.escomposlinux.org/story/2009/5/27/12014/3120|accessdate=3 February 2011|newspaper=Libertonia News|date=27 May 2009}}</ref>. It aims to be a free/libre web service (and thus in [[Internet|the cloud]]), but decentralized as email so a user can choose the server they want and still interoperate transparently with the rest. 

Opposite to most distributed social networks, this software focuses on collaboration and building, not only on communication and sharing. Thus, Kune does not aim to ultimately replace Facebook, but also all the above mentioned commercial services. Kune has a strong focus on the construction of [[Free culture movement|Free Culture]] and eventually facilitate [[Commons-based peer production]].

== History ==

The origin of Kune relies on the community behind [[Ourproject.org]]. Ourproject<ref>{{cite news|title=There's Life after Microsoft - Free Software Advocates|url=http://www.ipsnews.net/interna.asp?idnews=22073|accessdate=3 February 2011|newspaper=Inter Press Service News Agency|date=24 January 2004}}</ref> aimed to provide for [[Free culture movement|Free Culture]] (social/cultural projects) what [[Sourceforge]] and other [[software forge|software forges]] meant for [[free software]]: a collection of communication and collaboration tools that would boost the emergence of community-driven free projects<ref>{{Cite book
| last = Camino
| first = S.
| coauthors = F. Javier, M. Jiménez Gañán, S. Frutos Cid
| chapter = Collaborative Development within Open Source Communities
| title =Encyclopedia of Networked and Virtual Organizations
|publisher= IGI Global, Information Science Reference
|isbn = 978-1-59904-885-7
| year = 2008
}}</ref>. However, although Ourproject was relatively successful, it was far from the original aims. The analysis of the situation in 2005<ref>{{cite press release
 | title = Towards a new manager of free projects (Hacia un nuevo gestor de proyectos libres)
 | publisher = [[Ourproject.org]]
 | date = 6 December 2005
 | url = http://ourproject.org/moin/Hacia_un_nuevo_gestor_de_Proyectos_Libres
 | accessdate = 22 April 2012
}}</ref> concluded that only the groups that had a [[geek|techie]] among them (who would manage [[GNU Mailman|Mailman]] or install a [[Content Management System|CMS]]) were able to move forward, while the rest would abandon the service. Thus, new free collaborative tools were needed, more usable and suitable for anyone, as the available free tools required a high technical expertise. It was the birth of Kune, whose name means "together" in [[Esperanto]].

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* Federation
** Distributed Social Networking the same way as e-mail: from one inbox you control all your activity in all kunes, and you can collaborate with anyone or any group regardless of the kune where they were registered.
** Interoperable with any Kune server or Wave-based system 
** Chat interoperable with any XMPP server
* Usability
** Strong focus on usability for any user
** Animated tutorials for each tool
** [[Drag
 and drop|Drag&Drop]] for sharing contents, add users to a doc, change roles, delete contents, etc
** Shortcuts
* Free culture
** Developed using free software and released under [[Affero General Public License|AGPL]] 
** Easy assistant for choosing content licenses for groups. Default license is [[Creative Commons]] BY-SA. 
* Developer-friendly
** Debian/Ubuntu package for easy installation
** Wave Gadgets can be programmed in Java+GWT, JavaScript or Python 

== Supporters and Adopters ==
Kune has the active support of several organizations and institutions:
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[[Category:Free software]]
[[Category:Free software programmed in Java]]
[[Category:Cross-platform software]]
[[Category:Free software websites]]
[[Category:Internet properties established in 2009‎]]

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