Christian, it would be great to have you as a mentor. Please sign yourself up.
Ross Sent from my tablet On Oct 5, 2012 9:00 PM, "Christian Grobmeier" <grobme...@gmail.com> wrote: > Great to hear there is still life in Ripple. > > Count me in as a Mentor, if you like. > > On Fri, Oct 5, 2012 at 9:28 PM, Dan Silivestru <dan.silives...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > Dear Member of ASF, > > > > We are putting forward a proposal to have the Ripple Emulator project > > donated to the ASF as Top Level Project. The project is currently open > > source and can be found here: https://github.com/blackberry/Ripple-UI/ > > > > Please find the proposal below (the proposal can also be found here: > > https://github.com/gtanner/ripple.apache.proposal) > > > > Ripple, A Mobile Environment Emulator > > ===================================== > > > > Abstract > > ======== > > > > Ripple is a browser based mobile phone emulator designed to aid in the > > development > > of HTML5 based mobile applications. Ripple is a cross platform and cross > > runtime testing/debugging tool. It currently supports such runtimes as > > Cordova, WebWorks > > and the Mobile Web. > > > > Proposal > > ======== > > > > Ripple is going to be (in some circles already is) the goto emulator > > for rapid development of mobile web applications. This > > will be accomplished by quickly keeping up with the mobile web > > platforms as they arise (Cordova, Tizen, WAC, WebWorks, etc). > > > > Background > > ========== > > > > Ripple started as a product of tinyHippos and was aquired by Research > > in Motion in late March 2011. Ripple was then open sourced > > under the Apache 2.0 License and hosted on the blackberry github > > account (http://github.com/blackberry/Ripple-UI). > > > > Ripple is a browser based mobile phone emulator that runs as a chrome > > extension. It fills the gap for developers between > > developing on their desktops/laptops and having to test on platform > > specific emulators or physical devices. Ripple allows develors > > to quickly edit-refresh-test in Chrome on their desktops/laptops while > > working on web content that will be embedded and distributed > > as a native application. > > > > Rationale > > ========= > > > > The project is currently opensourced and managed by a small team at > > Research in Motion. We are starting to have some > > more community engagement but the project could benefit from greater > > exposure in the open source cummunity. Our team > > overlaps highly with the Cordova group. Watching the success for that > > project in Apache has inspired us to contribute > > Ripple to the ASF as well. > > > > Ripple fills a large gap in the toolset for most mobile web developers > > between development on the desktop and testing > > on the physical device. > > > > Current Status > > ============== > > > > Currently all development is managed on github via the issues and the > > direction of the project is strongly influenced by > > Research in Motion. A more clear project plan and more open > > communication will be needed by this project to abide by > > the apache guidelines. > > > > Metriocracy > > =========== > > > > Ripple has been very accepting of letting in patches from 3rd party > > developers and has been functioning like apache in requiring a CLA > > for code to be pulled in. The core team is hoping to grow and include > more > > developers. > > > > Community > > ========= > > > > The development community of Ripple is a small but tight knit group but > > the users of the project number more than 40,000. With the launch > > ofemulate.phonegap.com (which is a portal for installing ripple) we > > are > > getting approx 5000 hits a day to that site. > > > > > > Core Developers > > =============== > > > > See Inital Committers below. > > > > Alignment > > ========= > > > > Apache is a good match for this project due to it's close ties > > to the Cordova Project. Cordova has been very successful as a project > > since joining Apache and we hope Ripple will follow suit. > > > > Known Risks > > =========== > > > > Orphaned Products > > ----------------- > > > > Ripple is a core component to the toolset at RIM and the Cordova / > > Phonegap community has embrased ripple into their tooling > > as well. This project has been under active development for 3 years > > and a lot of vested interest from both RIM and the > > community is already present to keep the tool up to date. > > > > Inexperience with Open Source > > ----------------------------- > > > > Ripple has been opensourced at RIM for the last year. All of the work > > is done in the open. There are a few extra measures we need to learn > > how to take (mailing lists, project planning) for working within the > > ASF community. > > However the team has a good understanding of what needs to happen, as > > some of the > > team are also contributers to the Apache Cordova Incubator project. > > > > Homogenous Developers > > ---------------------- > > > > Ripple's core team currently all works at RIM with contributions for > > some features done by third parties. There is a > > backlog of features currently done / being put in by third parties > > such as Adobe and IBM. > > > > Reliance on Salaried Developers > > ------------------------------- > > > > Most of the developers are paid by their employer to contribute to > > this project but are all highly involved on a personal > > level with this project as well as the mobile web community. > > > > Relationships with Other Apache Products > > ---------------------------------------- > > > > There is a strong overlap and relationship between the ripple and > > cordova teams. Gord Tanner is an active commiter in > > both project and has been ensuring that both projects progress together. > > > > An Excessive Fascination with the Apache Brand. > > ------------------------------------------------ > > > > A driver for this project going to apache is to get broader community > > enagagement and involvement. Most of the developers > > who would contribute to this project are already contributing to > > Cordova so migrating over and contribuiting to ripple > > would be a simple > > > > Documentation > > ============= > > > > Initial Source > > =============== > > > > Source can be found at: https://github.com/blackberry/Ripple-UI > > > > Source and Intellectual Property Submission Plan > > ================================================ > > Source is currently licensed via the Apache 2.0 license which is > > inline with ASF. All files currently > > have an apache header on them with a copyright of Research in motion > > (https://github.com/blackberry/Ripple-UI). > > > > Also we have some images that are not licensed under Apache (see > > > https://github.com/blackberry/Ripple-UI/blob/master/ext/assets/images/README.md > ) > > The images are of some BlackBerry phones but can be removed if this is > an issue. > > > > All external contributions to the project currently require that an > > ICLA or CCLA be signed by the contributor. Links to the documents can > > be found below: > > > > * > http://www.blackberry.com/legal/pdfs/webworks/Research_In_Motion_Limited_CCLA_021811_cl.pdf > > * > http://www.blackberry.com/legal/pdfs/webworks/Research_In_Motion_Limited_ICLA_021811_cl.pdf > > > > We believe the CLAs we have on file will allow RIM to sign a Software > > Grant. (SGA) > > > > External Dependencies > > ====================== > > > > - 3d.js (http://wiioperasdk.com) - Custom License: > > http://wiioperasdk.com/sdk/3d.js > > - Math.uuid.js (http://www.broofa.com) - Dual licensed under the MIT > > and GPL licenses: http://www.broofa.com/Tools/Math.uuid.js > > - OpenLayers.js (ttp://svn.openlayers.org/trunk/openlayers) - Licensed > > under Clear BSD: > > http://svn.openlayers.org/trunk/openlayers/license.txt > > - almond.js (http://github.com/jrburke/almond) - Licensed under MIT: > > https://github.com/jrburke/almond/blob/master/LICENSE > > - draw.js (http://wiioperasdk.com) - Custom License: > > http://wiioperasdk.com/sdk/draw.js > > - jWorkflow (http://github.com/tinyhippos/jworkflow) - Licensed under > > MIT: http://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php > > - jXHR.js ( > https://github.com/blackberry/Ripple-UI/blob/master/thirdparty/jXHR.js) > > - Licensed under MIT: > > http://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php > > - jasmine (https://github.com/pivotal/jasmine) - Licensed under MIT: > > http://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php > > - jquery (http://jquery.com) - Dual licensed under MIT and GPL: > > http://jquery.org/license (includes sizzle.js, now licensed under MIT: > > https://github.com/jquery/sizzle/blob/master/LICENSE) > > - jquery.tooltip > > (http://bassistance.de/jquery-plugins/jquery-plugin-tooltip/) - Dual > > Licensed under MIT and GPL: > > http://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php > > http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html > > - jQuery UI (http://jqueryui.com) - Licensed under MIT: > > http://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php > > - node (http://nodejs.org) - Dependant on node.js, but we do not > > redistribute the source or binaries > > - jake (git://github.com/mde/jake.git) - Dependant on jake, but we do > > not redistribute the source or binaries > > - jshint (http://github.com/jshint/node-jshint) - Licensed under MIT: > > http://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php > > - csslint (http://github.com/stubbornella/csslint.git) - License > > information here: > > https://github.com/stubbornella/csslint/blob/master/LICENSE > > - uglify-js (g...@github.com:mishoo/UglifyJS.git) - Licensed under BSD: > > https://github.com/mishoo/uglifyjs > > - connect (git://github.com/senchalabs/connect.git) - Licensed under > > MIT: https://github.com/senchalabs/connect/blob/master/LICENSE > > - argsparser (git://github.com/kof/node-argsparser.git) - No license > > specified: https://github.com/kof/node-argsparser > > - jsdom (http://github.com/tmpvar/jsdom.git) - License information > > here: https://github.com/tmpvar/jsdom/blob/master/LICENSE.txt > > > > Required Resources > > ================== > > > > * Mailing Lists > > - ripple-dev > > - ripple-commits > > - ripple-private > > * git > > - git://git.apache.org/incubator-ripple.git > > - Mirrored to: https://github.com/apache/incubator-ripple > > * issue tracking > > - Bugzilla (ripple) > > > > Initial Committers > > ================== > > > > * Gord Tanner (gtan...@gmail.com) > > * Dan Silivestru (dan.silives...@gmail.com) > > * Brent Lintner (brent.lint...@gmail.com) > > * Fil Maj (f...@adobe.com) > > * Micheal Brooks (mbro...@adobe.com) > > * Mark Dineen (m...@dineen.biz) > > > > Sponsors > > ======== > > > > Champion: Ross Gardler (rgard...@opendirective.com) > > Mentor: Jukka Zitting (jukka.zitt...@gmail.com) > > > > > > Looking forward to the groups thoughts / comments, > > > > -- > > Dan Silivestru > > Open Source Ambassador, RIM > > +1 (519) 589-3624 > > > > -- > http://www.grobmeier.de > https://www.timeandbill.de > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-unsubscr...@incubator.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: general-h...@incubator.apache.org > >
