Hey Dan, Fantastic proposal - it will be great to see Ripple at ASF alongside Cordova, Wookie and DeviceMap.
S On 5 Oct 2012, at 20:28, Dan Silivestru 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 --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-unsubscr...@incubator.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: general-h...@incubator.apache.org
