>I would say that now would be the time, before the influx of new >members, to establish a preliminary PMC/ST in order to set out the >initial roadmap for CipherShed in the coming weeks/months. We need to >galvenise the support that TCNext will provide us around a core idea of >how we want CS to be shaped going forward, as well as come up with our >position toward interfacing with other groups. I strongly agree! The time to build a PMC and Security/QA Team is definitely now. Alain >-----Original Message----- >From: ciphershed-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:ciphershed- >bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of PID0 >Sent: Monday, June 23, 2014 17:00 >To: ciphershed@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >Subject: [ciphershed] Re: Summary of Skype call with Jos > >Bill, > >It's great to see Jos & Thomas acknowledging & getting behind >CipherShed, it's very encouraging to hear they already know of a good >number of contributing developers. > >I'm very flattered by your recommendation, I must admit I'm a little >retiscent to pickup that subject with Jos until I've spoken with him >further and can satisfy myself that it wouldn't A) represent a conflict >of interest and B) interfere with/reflect on CS negatively. > >I would say that now would be the time, before the influx of new >members, to establish a preliminary PMC/ST in order to set out the >initial roadmap for CipherShed in the coming weeks/months. We need to >galvenise the support that TCNext will provide us around a core idea of >how we want CS to be shaped going forward, as well as come up with our >position toward interfacing with other groups. > > >On 23/06/2014 20:45, Bill Cox wrote: >> Hi, guys. I had another Skype call with Jos today, and I took a few >> notes which I'll post here. Nothing was confidential at all, with one >> exception where Jos was asked by someone else to keep information >> confidential, so Jos has his hands tied there, as do I. >> >> From my point of view, the good news is that Jos is willing to make >> CipherShed the "official" TrueCrypt fork, and that his online privacy >> rights foundation can support CipherShed as a separate non-profit. He >> also wants to support VeraCrypt, and possibly other privacy related >> FOSS projects. Jos has hundreds of emails from people who want to >> help out, and he has not yet replied to them. >> >> Jos wants to know when CipherShed will be able to handle 100+ new >> people joining the effort. I said that we're organizing now, and that >> we probably would be ready soon. He also said that there are probably >> 50 people who said they can help with translations into different >> languages. >> >> He mentioned that while his foundation will accept donations, he is >> not taking any salary. He's doing this for free just like us. I >> think the CipherShed team should join Jos on a TeamSpeak call soon. I >> think we would all benefit from a frank group discussion with him. >> >> Jos found a new TrueCrypt fork that has popped up: >> >> >> http://www.pro-linux.de/news/1/21195/nachfolger-fuer-truecrypt-in- >sicht.html >> >> I checked it out, but so far it looks like a statement that the >> company is going to do a TrueCrypt fork on their own. I don't think >> that this will have much impact on us. It sounds to me like they just >> want a piece of the commercial TrueCrypt support business, rather than >> promoting FOSS encryption generally. >> >> Jos mentioned that Thomas is short on time, which limits his ability >> to contribute. However, Jos signed up on the CipherShed.org email >> list while on the call. He pointed out that the Forum is simple to >> find since it has it's own tab, but there's no "Contact" or "Interact" >> tab, and you can only find the email list if you actually read the >> CipherShed home page. Can we make the email list more visible? >> >> Jos's foundation can offer CipherShed unlimited cloud services in >> Switzerland. This may be helpful when we ship new releases, to handle >> all the downloads. He also said they can get security certificates >> for free. He can offer CipherShed full access to servers that we can >> configure however we wish. >> >> It sounds to me like Jos is moving forward with his online privacy >> foundation and is already able to offer us useful services, in >> addition to funneling volunteers our way. >> >> He also asked if I would be interested in serving on the board of his >> foundation. It frankly is an honor to be asked, and there are >> typically so few seats on such a board that I doubt I'd make the cut. >> Also, remember, this is one of the guys I said was not competent to >> run the TC fork. He's showing a very strong ability to forgive and >> forget, as well as being quite flexible in how he works with us. I do >> believe he is highly competent at building the foundation, and that >> CipheShed will be stronger with his foundation's backing. Would we >> want a CipherShed member on his board? Frankly, there must be a >> better CipherShed member than me for that position. PID0 seems like a >> strong candidate to me. I am not sure I want our team to be that >> influenced by the foundation, but I suspect the foundation could >> benefit greatly from someone like PID0's participation. >> >> Bill >> > >-- >-- > >At the time of writing, no warrants have been served to me, nor am I >under any legal compulsion concerning the CipherShed project. I do not >know of any searches of seizures of my assets.