<s>
Kune	B-Application
was	O
a	O
free/open	B-Application
source	I-Application
distributed	O
social	O
network	O
focused	O
on	O
collaboration	O
rather	O
than	O
just	O
on	O
communication	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
That	O
is	O
,	O
it	O
focused	O
on	O
online	O
real-time	B-Application
collaborative	I-Application
editing	I-Application
,	O
decentralized	O
social	O
networking	O
and	O
web	O
publishing	O
,	O
while	O
focusing	O
on	O
workgroups	O
rather	O
than	O
just	O
on	O
individuals	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
had	O
a	O
special	O
focus	O
on	O
Free	B-Application
Culture	I-Application
and	O
social	O
movements	O
needs	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Kune	B-Application
was	O
a	O
project	O
of	O
the	O
Comunes	O
Collective	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Kune	B-Application
was	O
programmed	O
using	O
the	O
Java-based	O
GWT	B-Language
in	O
the	O
client-side	O
,	O
integrating	O
Apache	B-Application
Wave	I-Application
(	O
formerly	O
Google	B-Application
Wave	I-Application
)	O
and	O
using	O
mainly	O
the	O
open	O
protocols	O
XMPP	B-Protocol
and	O
Wave	O
Federation	O
Protocol	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
GWT	B-Language
Java	B-Language
sources	O
on	O
the	O
client	O
side	O
generates	O
obfuscated	O
and	O
deeply	O
optimized	O
JavaScript	B-Language
conforming	O
a	O
single	B-Application
page	I-Application
application	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Wave	O
extensions	O
(	O
gadgets	O
,	O
bots	O
)	O
run	O
on	O
top	O
of	O
Kune	B-Application
(	O
as	O
in	O
Facebook	B-Application
apps	O
)	O
and	O
can	O
be	O
programmed	O
in	O
Java+GWT	O
,	O
JavaScript	B-Language
or	O
Python	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
code	O
was	O
hosted	O
in	O
the	O
GIT	O
of	O
Gitorious	B-Application
,	O
with	O
a	O
development	O
site	O
and	O
its	O
main	O
node	O
maintained	O
by	O
the	O
Comunes	O
Collective	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Kune	B-Application
is	O
100%	O
free	B-Application
software	I-Application
and	O
was	O
built	O
only	O
using	O
free	B-Application
software	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Kune	B-Application
was	O
born	O
in	O
order	O
to	O
face	O
a	O
growing	O
concern	O
from	O
the	O
community	O
behind	O
it	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Google	B-Application
Docs	I-Application
,	O
Google	B-Application
Groups	I-Application
,	O
Facebook	B-Application
,	O
Wordpress.com,	O
Dropbox	B-Application
,	O
Flickr	B-Algorithm
,	O
eBay	B-Application
...	O
)	O
in	O
order	O
to	O
communicate	O
and	O
collaborate	O
online	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
order	O
to	O
avoid	O
that	O
,	O
such	O
groups	O
of	O
users	O
may	O
ask	O
a	O
technical	O
expert	O
to	O
build	O
them	O
mailing	O
lists	O
,	O
a	O
webpage	O
and	O
maybe	O
to	O
set	O
up	O
an	O
etherpad	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
GNU	B-Application
Mailman	I-Application
)	O
,	O
configuration	O
change	O
,	O
etc.	O
,	O
creating	O
a	O
strong	O
dependency	O
and	O
ultimately	O
a	O
bottleneck	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Kune	B-Application
aims	O
to	O
cover	O
all	O
those	O
needs	O
of	O
groups	O
to	O
communicate	O
and	O
collaborate	O
,	O
in	O
a	O
usable	O
way	O
and	O
thus	O
without	O
depending	O
on	O
technical	O
experts	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Thus	O
,	O
Kune	B-Application
does	O
not	O
aim	O
to	O
ultimately	O
replace	O
Facebook	B-Application
,	O
but	O
also	O
all	O
the	O
above-mentioned	O
commercial	O
services	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Kune	B-Application
has	O
a	O
strong	O
focus	O
on	O
the	O
construction	O
of	O
Free	B-Application
Culture	I-Application
and	O
eventually	O
facilitate	O
Commons-based	O
peer	O
production	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
origin	O
of	O
Kune	B-Application
relies	O
on	O
the	O
community	O
behind	O
Ourproject.org	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Ourproject	O
aimed	O
to	O
provide	O
for	O
Free	B-Application
Culture	I-Application
(	O
social/cultural	O
projects	O
)	O
what	O
SourceForge	B-Application
and	O
other	O
software	B-Protocol
forges	I-Protocol
meant	O
for	O
free	B-Application
software	I-Application
:	O
a	O
collection	O
of	O
communication	O
and	O
collaboration	O
tools	O
that	O
would	O
boost	O
the	O
emergence	O
of	O
community-driven	O
free	O
projects	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
analysis	O
of	O
the	O
situation	O
in	O
2005	O
concluded	O
that	O
only	O
the	O
groups	O
that	O
had	O
a	O
techie	O
among	O
them	O
(	O
who	O
would	O
manage	O
Mailman	B-Application
or	O
install	O
a	O
CMS	B-Protocol
)	O
were	O
able	O
to	O
move	O
forward	O
,	O
while	O
the	O
rest	O
would	O
abandon	O
the	O
service	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Thus	O
,	O
new	O
free	O
collaborative	B-Application
tools	I-Application
were	O
needed	O
,	O
more	O
usable	O
and	O
suitable	O
for	O
anyone	O
,	O
as	O
the	O
available	O
free	O
tools	O
required	O
a	O
high	O
degree	O
of	O
technical	O
expertise	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
is	O
why	O
Kune	B-Application
,	O
whose	O
name	O
means	O
"	O
together	O
"	O
in	O
Esperanto	O
,	O
was	O
developed	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
first	O
prototypes	O
of	O
Kune	B-Application
were	O
developed	O
using	O
Ruby	B-Application
on	I-Application
Rails	I-Application
and	O
Pyjamas	B-Language
(	O
later	O
known	O
as	O
Pyjs	B-Language
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
with	O
the	O
release	O
of	O
Java	B-Language
and	O
the	O
Google	B-Language
Web	I-Language
Toolkit	I-Language
as	O
free	B-Application
software	I-Application
,	O
the	O
community	O
embraced	O
these	O
technologies	O
since	O
2007	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2009	O
,	O
with	O
a	O
stable	O
codebase	O
and	O
about	O
to	O
release	O
a	O
major	O
version	O
of	O
Kune	B-Application
,	O
Google	O
announced	O
the	O
Google	B-Application
Wave	I-Application
project	O
and	O
promised	O
it	O
would	O
be	O
released	O
as	O
free	B-Application
software	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Wave	O
was	O
using	O
the	O
same	O
technologies	O
of	O
Kune	B-Application
(	O
Java	B-Language
+	O
GWT	B-Language
,	O
Guice	O
,	O
XMPP	B-Protocol
protocol	I-Protocol
)	O
so	O
it	O
would	O
be	O
easy	O
to	O
integrate	O
after	O
its	O
release	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Thus	O
,	O
the	O
community	O
decided	O
to	O
halt	O
the	O
development	O
of	O
Kune	B-Application
,	O
and	O
wait	O
for	O
its	O
release	O
...	O
in	O
the	O
meanwhile	O
developing	O
gadgets	O
that	O
would	O
be	O
integrated	O
in	O
Kune	B-Application
later	O
on	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
this	O
same	O
period	O
,	O
the	O
community	O
established	O
the	O
Comunes	O
Association	O
(	O
with	O
an	O
acknowledged	O
inspiration	O
in	O
Software	O
in	O
the	O
Public	O
Interest	O
)	O
as	O
a	O
non-profit	O
legal	O
umbrella	O
for	O
free	B-Application
software	I-Application
tools	O
for	O
encouraging	O
the	O
Commons	O
and	O
facilitating	O
the	O
work	O
of	O
social	O
movements	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
umbrella	O
covered	O
Ourproject	O
,	O
Kune	B-Application
and	O
Move	O
Commons	O
,	O
together	O
with	O
some	O
other	O
minor	O
projects	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
November	O
2010	O
,	O
the	O
free	O
Apache	B-Application
Wave	I-Application
(	O
previously	O
Wave-in-a-Box	O
)	O
was	O
released	O
,	O
under	O
the	O
umbrella	O
of	O
the	O
Apache	O
Foundation	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Since	O
then	O
,	O
the	O
community	O
began	O
integrating	O
its	O
source	O
code	O
within	O
the	O
Kune	B-Application
previous	O
codebase	O
,	O
and	O
with	O
the	O
support	O
of	O
the	O
IEPALA	O
Foundation	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Kune	B-Application
released	O
its	O
Beta	O
and	O
moved	O
to	O
production	O
in	O
April	O
2012	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Since	O
then	O
,	O
Kune	B-Application
has	O
been	O
catalogued	O
as	O
"	O
activism	O
2.0	O
"	O
and	O
citizen	O
tool	O
,	O
a	O
tool	O
for	O
NGOs	O
,	O
multi-tool	O
for	O
general	O
purpose	O
(	O
and	O
following	O
that	O
,	O
criticized	O
for	O
the	O
risk	O
of	O
falling	O
on	O
the	O
second-system	B-General_Concept
effect	I-General_Concept
)	O
and	O
example	O
of	O
the	O
new	O
paradigm	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Nowadays	O
,	O
there	O
are	O
plans	O
of	O
another	O
federated	O
social	O
network	O
,	O
Lorea	O
(	O
based	O
on	O
Elgg	B-Protocol
)	O
,	O
to	O
connect	O
with	O
Kune	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Distributed	O
Social	O
Networking	O
the	O
same	O
way	O
as	O
e-mail	O
:	O
from	O
one	O
inbox	O
you	O
control	O
all	O
your	O
activity	O
in	O
all	O
kunes	B-Application
,	O
and	O
you	O
can	O
collaborate	O
with	O
anyone	O
or	O
any	O
group	O
regardless	O
of	O
the	O
kune	B-Application
where	O
they	O
were	O
registered	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Kune	B-Application
has	O
the	O
active	O
support	O
of	O
several	O
organizations	O
and	O
institutions	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
Comunes	O
Association	O
,	O
whose	O
community	O
is	O
behind	O
Kune	B-Application
development	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
used	O
to	O
host	O
a	O
Kune	B-Application
server	O
for	O
free	O
projects	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
used	O
to	O
host	O
a	O
Kune	B-Application
server	O
for	O
non-governmental	O
organizations	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
Interns	O
from	O
the	O
Master	O
of	O
Free	B-Application
Software	I-Application
from	O
the	O
King	O
Juan	O
Carlos	O
University	O
participated	O
in	O
the	O
development	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Kune	B-Application
workgroup	O
of	O
the	O
Medialab	O
Prado	O
participated	O
in	O
the	O
beta-testing	O
.	O
</s>
