I am in the same boat as Alex with regard to QT, but Apache Pivot also has a similar goal.
Ralph > On Sep 7, 2015, at 9:43 PM, Alex Harui <aha...@adobe.com> wrote: > > Apologies if I’m way off base here as I’m not familiar with Corinthia or > QT Editor. If Corinthia were to develop the web-based editor mentioned > upthread and make that the preferred/recommended editor for the project, > does that make the QT Editor optional enough for Apache? > > <shameless-plug>Apache Flex is a UI Toolkit for web apps as well as > desktop and mobile apps and the community is working on a version that > outputs HTML/JS/CSS that can be consumed by Apache Cordova to target > multiple platforms.</shameless-plug> > > -Alex > > On 9/7/15, 2:37 AM, "Greg Stein" <gst...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> On Sep 7, 2015 4:12 PM, "Jochen Theodorou" <blackd...@gmx.org> wrote: >>> ... >>> I am not sure that approach is realistic. I mean, if you say it must be >> optional and not required, then there must be an existing alternative. And >> that alternative must be not LGPL. If there is such a toolkit, then why >> not >> go with that right away? The project has to manage its resources well. >> >> Exactly. Without an alternative, then you have a pile of code that doesn't >> meet any user expectations. >> >> If it can be released as a library, for downstream users to produce an >> editor, then okay. But an releasing an editor with no UI is kind of a >> non-starter. :-( >> >> Given the UI landscape, and its licensing, I can see why Corinthia would >> like to host elsewhere. One day, we'll see some permissive UI >> libraries.... >> >> Cheers, >> -g > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-unsubscr...@incubator.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: general-h...@incubator.apache.org --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-unsubscr...@incubator.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: general-h...@incubator.apache.org
