Pablo, Do you see Wave's copy of SwellRT as a fork? Or perhaps as a downstream dependency of SwellRT? How do you see the SwellRT team collaborating with Wave?
Upayavira On Mon, 20 Mar 2017, at 03:25 PM, Pablo Ojanguren wrote: > ICLAs from original copyright owners of SwellRT source code has been > signed > and sent to Apache. This implies, AFAIK that Wave community is free > (libre) > to use SwellRT's source code entirely or parts of it without risks of > raising any IP issues. This makes safer, legally speaking, any > collaboration between communities involving the source code. > > This doesn't imply any commitment from Wave taking over SwellRT source > code, roadmap...and in particular SwellRT brand, that is a separated > matter. > > How SwellRT source code can be exploited by Wave is a community choice. I > think those more technically involved in the project should address the > discussion. My email is a part of this aim. I expect your point of view > so > we can define a tech road map. > > > > > > 2017-03-20 15:04 GMT+01:00 Evan Hughes <wisebald...@apache.org>: > > > Thanks for all the info but doesn't quite answers some of the more pressing > > questions. > > > > Has swellrt been donated to the incubator as in the incubator is now where > > the official swellrt development will happen? Does this include the > > branding asset's? How do we want to handle publishing of the swellrt as a > > sub part of this project. > > > > ~ Evan > > > > On 20 Mar 2017 11:22 PM, "Pablo Ojanguren" <pablo...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > Hi all, > > > > My apologies for the late update on SwellRT. I hope this email could help > > to clarify the ongoing discussion. > > > > As summary SwellRT objective is to make Wave generic... > > > > Instead of Wave Conversations it provides generic Collaborative Objects. > > Instead of a GUI it provides an API. > > > > *Current status:* > > > > *JavaScript Beta client* > > > > - Based on the original Web client. > > - No dependencies with GWT UI components. > > - No dependencies with JSNI thanks to JSInterop. > > - It allows to mutate and sync Javascript objects (ES6 Proxies). > > - This implementation is expected to ease generation of Android and iOS > > clients. > > - Basic features are in place but some others are still not migrated > > from alpha. > > > > Check out README[1] and Wiki[2] for usage details. To dive into the code, > > see package *org.swellrt.beta,* and the classes > > *ServiceFrontendEntryPoint* > > and *SObjectRemote* > > > > > > > > *Collaborative Editor Component* > > > > Task to provide the Wave text editor as a separated component, so > > eventually it could be replaced. So far, it exposes following features as > > API > > > > - Annotations > > - User presence > > > > Currently I am debugging it for mobile browsers. > > Widgets API coming soon. > > > > Package org.swellrt.beta.client.js.editor [3] > > > > *Federation with Matrix.org* > > > > Testing the proposed implementation [4] from GSoC'16 student. We would like > > to provide a PR asap. > > > > > > > > *JetPad* > > We are developing SwellRT together with a real application of it, > > jetpad.net > > [5] a collaborative text editor. > > > > > > > > *Google Sumer of Code 2017* > > We are also participating in GSoC17 thanks to the support of Universidad > > Complutense de Madrid and Berkman Klein Center (Harvard) > > Please encourage any students to send proposals, not limited to our > > suggestions [6]. Deadline is April 3. > > For example, we are considering a proposal of e2e encryption based on [7] > > > > > > > > *Wave + SwellRT* > > I guess the question to answer in the community is whether SwellRT can be > > used as is, or adapted, or part of it, to provide a new Wave UI. > > > > > > Thank you, > > > > Pablo > > > > > > > > [1] https://github.com/P2Pvalue/swellrt/blob/master/README.md > > [2] https://github.com/P2Pvalue/swellrt/wiki > > [3] > > https://github.com/P2Pvalue/swellrt/tree/master/wave/src/ > > main/java/org/swellrt/beta/client/js/editor > > [4] https://github.com/Waqee/incubator-wave/blob/master/ > > MATRIX-FEDERATION.md > > [5] https://jetpad.net/ > > [6] https://cyber.harvard.edu/gsoc/SwellRT > > [7] http://www.tara.tcd.ie/bitstream/handle/2262/68179/ > > paper.pdf?sequence=1 > >
