Richard Fontana

I hope at least the "private alpha" is itself made available under a free software/open source license, and includes source code.

I wonder if the problem with Diaspora is that they can't decide whether it's a community project or a business startup.

Diaspora now appears to be sincerely <a href="http://www.joindiaspora.com/licensing.html">interested</a> in getting community suggestions for how to handle in-bound contributions.