Identi.ca is popular with the free software crowd because it is based on StatusNet, an Affero GPLv3 based micro blogging software like Twitter. Trisquel has an account there and it is very active.

I recently read a story at http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/StatusNet-transforms-into-Node-js-driven-pump-io-1771646.html about how the owner of StatusNet is ceasing development of the software and that the existing Identi.ca accounts will be migrated over to their new platform, Pump.io.

When I was looking for top software that used the Affero GPLv3 license, StatusNet was one I could count on one hand and now that is being phased out. Even more, when the transition to Pump.io happens, the new software will be licensed under Apache 2.0.

I know that Apache 2.0 is free software and all that, but as more software is moving to "the cloud" and/or software as a service (SaaS), none are really adapting the Affero GPL license. Maybe people like the StatusNet owner see the Apache license as a way to get more corporate support and put more money into his company, e14n.

What will you do when Identi.ca goes away? Are you going to use Pump.io instead?