Tebibyte Media's raison d'être is its Network. Our goal as a Project is to foster the creation of that Network by extending connections of solidarity between project who share the values we believe are important in the new digital age.
Tebibyte Media is composed of two distinct parts: the Network and the Project. The latter is made up of myself, the individuals I have recruited into the Project, and the infrastructure which supports it; the former, the constituent projects and networks which are associated with the Project. This distinction exists in order to maintain an appropriate separation between the interests of these entities to preserve the heterogeneity of these communities.
Like the components defined above, the members of the Network are split into two separate categories:
A "project" in this context is an entity whose constituents are individuals; a "network" is one whose members are projects themselves, or a mix of projects and other networks.
A Tebibyte Media "project" does not necessarily have to be a free software project; it can be anything involving strong public engagement and iterative development. For example, a post-modernist fiction-writing blog can count as a Tebibyte Media project, as long as the work is ongoing and the blog is shared at no cost to its readers.
A "project" could be an open writing publication requiring attention or third-party reviewing, a free software project looking for a userbase and pool of talented developers, or an art project looking for exposure and contributors.
A "network" might be a webring, an online social hub for the advancement of some idea or combined agenda, or an organization which has multiple distinct components or internal projects but which still works toward one main goal. A webring whose constituents are all blogs that focus on physics would be an example.
In the case of members creating new networks internal to Tebibyte Media's influence, we take it upon ourselves to mediate and foster that connection; we see these novel networks as partially our responsibility.
Joining the Network is not a binding agreement. We would obviously prefer it if members would adhere to the responsibilities we ask them to adhere to, but we obviously cannot force them to, and they are under no formal obligation to. In the same way, the Network is set up in a way that prevents Tebibyte Media (the Project) from using its power to harm members. All data and servers relating to any given member's infrastructure are theirs, with administrator privileges attached to those resources.
Every project in the Network will be represented by a single person who will be appropriately selected by the members of that project. For example, in the case of a free software project run by a BDFL, the leader of that project would be that Representative or could select someone else to represent it. Any member networks are given the opportunity to provide as many Representatives as there are distinct viewpoints in the community that network represents.
Every month, on the first day of the month, the Project will put out a blog post detailing the month in review of the Network. Representatives of each member entity will be responsible for working with the Project Editors in order to write a short two- or three-paragraph decription of the state of their member entity, including what has been accomplished in the past month and what is on the horizon. These sections will be submitted to the blog repository using the git version-tracking system. Knowledge of this system is not required but is preferred.Our editors will be able to guide Representatives through the submission process and help with any problems presented by this setup.
The Project takes upon itself responsibilities for each member of the Network: we will provide infrastructure that your project needs to succeed. Infrastructure currently available includes:
ARF, an experimental programming language with a focus on modularization and clarity of code.
In order to apply to be a member of the Tebibyte Media Network, please reference the below guidelines. All applications should be sent to apply@tebibyte.media.
Please write the application in plaintext as an essay without organizational headers.