[open-government] Froide and Alaveteli

Thu Apr 4 17:06:05 UTC 2013

Hi James,

This segment in the newsletter was highlighting a community project.
If you haven't already do check out the original blog post which the
newsletter referenced as that gives additional context:

http://blog.okfn.org/2013/03/15/announcing-v3-0-of-froide-the-open-source-python-based-freedom-of-information-platform/

To add a bit more info here:

- Froide was created by Stefan Wehrmeyer working in his spare time as
community member of Open Knowledge Foundation Germany. As explained in
the post (written by Stefan) Froide originated in early 2011 and was
inspired by What Do They Know site in the UK (at this point, I
believe, Alavatelli did not exist).

- I think Froide has long existed in a form that was usable by others
but its primary use has been for FragDenStaat in Germany. From the
post I gather it has recently been used in Austria too.

- In terms of differences with Alavatelli I must confess myself not an
expert here. Possibly worth looking further into the relevant docs etc
- maybe also get in touch with the various folks involved :-)

Regards,

Rufus

On 4 April 2013 15:19, James McKinney <james at opennorth.ca> wrote:
> The latest OKF newsletter writes:
>
>> Build your own FOI portal with Froide! The open-source, Python-based Freedom of Information platform which powers the German and Austrian instances of FragDenStaat, was released in version 3.0 this month.
>
> I wasn't previously aware of Froide attempting to achieve re-use outside FragDenStaat. If that's the goal, it would be helpful to understand how Froide differs from Alaveteli. Alaveteli has been used by 10 other groups and is well-supported by mySociety, with regular bug fixes and improvements. Right now, it's not clear why one would choose Froide over Alaveteli.
>
> Thanks for clarifications,
>
> James
>
>
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