LiquidFeedback 2.0 released

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