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FAP post-mortem

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FAP closed early this morning, with all contents deleted and replaced by the infamous "RickRoll" video from YouTube. The private last-minute negotiations for acquisition fell through, according to both Ekigyuu and Belliachi.

This, however, was an interesting development.

So now the questions about the acquisition can be (partly and temporarily) laid to rest. However, it will be interesting to see how others will make use of Ekigyuu’s "openFAP" server software (openFAP is not an official name for the project, since Ekigyuu hasn’t even named it).

EDIT: The codename is Guava, and both it and the fAPI will be released under the GPL.

On FAP

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Furry Art Pile, ran by Ekigyuu (noodlesandbeef ) achieved a bit of notoriety on August 27th with the announcement of its closure (slated for tomorrow, September 1st). This announcement engendered both severe criticism from commenters on both his journal and that of the
furryartpile community (and respondent criticism from friends and associates of ekigyuu that the critics were "whiny furfaggots") and lots of interest in the acquisition of the site from such people as toribelliachi, owner of MyFursona (myfursona )(although Ekigyuu denied that the site would be sold or given to new management). Ekigyuu has also expressed interest in releasing a source code version of the site’s server software under an open source license (maybe the GPL?) to allow others to build their own web galleries.

This happening, on the eve of the initially-intended date of closure, raises more questions, IMO, than answers.

  • Will the release of the FAP source code to open source development include the release of the fAPI within?
  • Is it true that Ekigyuu’s keeping open the site for another two weeks to find new managers in clandestine negotiations, according to Tori?
  • Does Tori’s age and British citizenship prevent him from accessing, let alone administering, a website with adult content contained therein?
  • Why the sudden announcement within days of the runout of donations?
    • And, given the proximity of time between the announcement and the planned date of closure, as well as the likelyhood that donations were being given to Ekigyuu during the month of August, is it really true that the possibly-ample donations are to run out at the end of the month?
  • A question asked by several commenters on his blog: Why would Ekigyuu expressly deny or resist handing the site over to new management on the rationale that it is his "baby" and "portfolio", and that he’d rather end its existence on his watch rather than hand it over to another party?

I think that we won’t find out the answers to such questions for a while. But it is, to me, interesting to see the oncoming politics unfold.

Plus, editing the relevant WikiFur article to take all of this into account (even after they deleted the News post for undisclosed reasons nevermind per below) is fun to do.