Hi all,

As you might know, I have recently finished my Ph.D. study, and within a 
few months I'll be moving on to a "real job" at Metaweb.

The Metaweb folks have been kind to let me dedicate some time toward 
open source involvement, which means that I can continue to work on 
Timeline, Exhibit, etc. to some extent.

However, it is clear that I won't be able to dedicate as much time to 
those projects as I can right now. So, it is crucial that we arrange for 
more people to get involved in those projects so that those projects 
continue to thrive.

One possibility is to move the code bases onto an open source foundry, 
such as Google Code, and invite the more programming capable among 
yourself to maintain and improve them further. Note that this solution 
is even better than the current situation, as there will be more capable 
people involved than just me alone. Together we'll work out the 
knowledge transfer, etc. etc. over the next few months.

Please don't hesitate to chime in here if you have other ideas or just 
want to speak your mind. The worst thing that can happen is that nobody 
expresses their concerns, no transition gets made, and the good code 
just withers away.

Thanks,

David

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