[lqfb-announce] LiquidFeedback 2.0 release announcement

[announce at dev.liquidfeedback.org]

The Public Software Group [1] released a new major version of
LiquidFeedback. The developers presented LiquidFeedback 2.0 during an
event held by the Interaktive Demokratie [2] association, which
promotes the use of electronic media for democratic processes. The most
important improvements are:

- Support for multiple organizational units, e.g. sub divisions
- New user interface
- An integrated email notification system
- A programming interface with read and write access (still in alpha
  stage for use by developers)
- Improved implementation of Schulze method for preference voting with
  detailed configuration of supermajority requirements [3] 
- Removed auto-reject and vote later feature to simplify the system
- Integration of Etherpad Lite [4] with automatic creation of issue
  discussion rooms and single sign-on
- Wiki formatting for suggestions, member statements and comments

LiquidFeedback 2.0 is available for download at the official release page [5]
and can be used under the conditions of the MIT license [6].

[1] http://www.public-software-group.org/
[2] http://www.interaktive-demokratie.org/
[3] http://dev.liquidfeedback.org/trac/lf/wiki/SupermajorityRequirements
[4] http://etherpad.org/
[5] http://www.public-software-group.org/liquid_feedback
[6] http://www.public-software-group.org/licenses

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Björn Swierczek