Great stuff, congratulations Gord, Dan, Brent, Fil, Mike, and Mark! =)
On Sat, Oct 6, 2012 at 3:08 AM, Filip Maj <f...@adobe.com> wrote: > Congrats guys! Can't wait to commit to this suckah! > > On 10/5/12 12:34 PM, "Gord Tanner" <g...@tinyhippos.com> wrote: > >>FYI: >> >>The wheels are turning for Ripple as an Apache Project. >> >> >>---------- Forwarded message ---------- >>From: Dan Silivestru <dan.silives...@gmail.com> >>Date: Fri, Oct 5, 2012 at 3:28 PM >>Subject: [PROPOSAL] Ripple Emulator >>To: gene...@incubator.apache.org >> >> >>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/READ >>ME.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_C >>CLA_021811_cl.pdf >> * >>http://www.blackberry.com/legal/pdfs/webworks/Research_In_Motion_Limited_I >>CLA_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 >> >> >>-- >>Gord Tanner >>Senior Developer / Code Poet >>tinyHippos Inc. >>@tinyhippos >
