metanohi/site/about/index.org

#+title: About metanohi
#+summary: A short description of what metanohi is
#+license: bysa
#&toc

* About metanohi

This is metanohi.

Currently, metanohi resides on *metanohi.name*. Originally, it was on
metanohi.org. To contact [[./niels][Niels]] (the creator), send him an electronic mail at
[[mailto:ngws@metanohi.name][ngws@metanohi.name]].

metanohi is mostly XHTML 1.1 and CSS 2 valid. Currently, metanohi.name pages
are served as text/html and not as application/xml+xhtml (as they should). This
might get fixed (it is extremely easy to fix, but if fixed, some things
depending on external JavaScript which depends on non-XHTML, like the FSF
widget on the propaganda page, might cease to work).

[[./links][Propaganda]].


** Copying

In general, text, images, and other media on metanohi is licensed under the
[[http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/][Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0]] license, a *copyleft*
license. There may be cases with other licenses. The status of a page can be
seen in the bottom in a metadata box. If no license is specified in the box,
it's either because someone forgot to apply one to the page, or it's because
the page has almost no content (like the "Page not found" page) and does not
really require a license.

#+caption: Free cultural works
#&img;url=/img/licenses/freecontent.png, float=right

Most of metanohi's content can be defined as free cultural works, as defined by
[[http://freedomdefined.org/][freedomdefined.org]].

In all cases, you are free to redistribute content from metanohi, but please
don't set up a mirror for no reason (who would do that, anyway?).

External content is sometimes a different matter. [[./media-licenses][A list of licenses for media]]
is used for attributing in cases where it is impractical to attribute in-page.

If you take something from metanohi that is not under a public-domain-like
license, you are required to attribute Niels G. W. Serup and metanohi. When
doing that, write something like "Niels G. W. Serup, [[http://metanohi.name/][metanohi.name]]".

A few pages, like [[/projects/][this one]], have a lot of Python code for in-page evaluation
and execution. This might not be the most secure thing to allow, but since only
one person can change it, it is deemed safe enough. Any such nontrivial code is
licensed under the same license as [[/projects/mege/][mege]], i.e. AGPLv3+, unless otherwise
noted. This might seem like overkill in some situations, but with only one
license in use, simplicity is achieved.

Note that the CC BY-SA license is used by default, which is why even pages with
no more than two lines bear that license.

** Source

If you wish to use [[/projects/mege/][mege]] for a new website (I wouldn't), you may wish to use
metanohi as a template.

Get the main site:
: $ git clone git://metanohi.name/metanohi-metanohi

Get the subsites:
: $ git clone git://metanohi.name/metanohi-meta

** SSL/TLS

You can access metanohi from HTTPS. metanohi uses a [[http://cacert.org][CAcert]]. To make your browser
automatically accept CAcerts, follow the instructions on [[https://wiki.cacert.org/FAQ/BrowserClients][CAcerts wiki]]; it
doesn't take long.

** History

#+caption: This alien wonders why 'metanohi' was picked.
#&img;url=/img/aliens/makrh.png, float=right,noclear, width=100

metanohi was created in 2009 as a spinoff of earlier projects with equally
undefined purposes.

*Note:* While most of the content from the old metanohi has been ported to this
improved version, the modification times have not been saved. This is why old
projects from 2009 and 2010 appear to have been created in July or August, 2011.

*** "Why the name?"

There are several reasons:

 + It's unique
 + It's simple
 + It has the meta prefix, which automatically transforms anything into
   something cool
 + 'metanohi', or at least part of 'metanohi', has meanings in some languages

*** Screenshots of the old metanohi

Click to go to fullsize image.

#&img;url=img/scr1.png,width=300,float=left,noclear,medlink,caption=Start page
#&img;url=img/scr2.png,width=300,float=left,noclear,medlink,caption=Projects page
#&img;url=img/scr3.png,width=300,float=left,noclear,medlink,caption=CSS fun
#&clear

** Language

metanohi is generally only available in English. A few pages are in Danish.

** Font size

The font sizes on metanohi are based on your default font size. Read more [[/writings/css-failings][here]].

To change your default font size in the [[http://conkeror.org/][Conkeror]] web browser, put this in your
.conkerorrc:

#+BEGIN_SRC javascript
session_pref("font.size.variable.x-western", YOUR_FONT_SIZE_HERE);
#+END_SRC

The default is probably 16 which works fine in metanohi (like other sizes
should do).

It's probably just as easy to change in other web browsers.

** Comments

Pages on metanohi currently do not support comments, but I can be contacted at
my email address. A comment system might appear if I find it necessary.